CHENNAI: A 57-year-old woman, D Kamala, immolated herself after a verbal altercation with her daughter G Rosy at Ayanavaram on Sunday. Kamala had four daughters and two sons.Sources said the younger daughter Rosy, who was married to Gopi of Villupuram, frequently quarrelled with her husband and came to her mother’s house on Guruappa Street in Ayanavaram. On Sunday, she came to her mother’s house after another such dispute and Kamala reportedly advised her to return to her husband. Rosy refused and there was a verbal altercation between them. Around 7 pm, Kamala doused her body with kerosene and set herself afire. Both were admitted to the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital, where Kamala died.10 Hurt in ECR MishapAt least 10 passengers were injured when a private bus hit against a lamppost and turned turtle on East Coast Road early on Monday. The driver of the bus absconded soon after the incident. Sources said that the private bus left Velankanni for Chennai on Sunday with 48 passengers, including eight children. It was being driven by Sathish Kumar (24) of Tiruvarur. On the wee hours of Monday, when the bus was near Muttukadu, the driver swerved to the left to give way for a vehicle coming from the opposite direction, when he lost control and hit against a lamppost on the wayside. As the bus turned turtle, passengers, who were fast asleep, had a miraculous escape as the lamppost broke and sparks began to fly. As the driver took to his heels, police and fire and rescue personnel arrived at the spot and broke open the windshield of the bus to evacuate the passengers. Around 10 injured persons were sent to a private hospital at Perumbakkam. `15 lakh BurgledThieves broke into a house owned by Sadiq in Maruthi Nagar under the Selaiyur Police Station, and escaped with cash of `15 lakh on Sunday.
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