Goldsmith commits suicide, two children hospitalised

Coimbatore, Aug 18 (PTI) A 37-year-old goldsmithallegedly committed suicide by consuming cyanide-laced softdrink, while his two minor sons, who also drank it, areundergoing treatment in the Government Hospital here, policetoday said. The man, a resident of Telugupalayam in thecity, had bought a bottle of soft drink last night and mixedit with cyanide before offering it to his sons and consumingit himself, when his wife was away at work, police said. The children cried loudly after noticing their fathervomiting, following which the neighbours rushed to the houseand took the three to Government Hospital, they said. While, the man died, the children are undergoingtreatment in the hospital, where their condition is said to bestable, they said. Financial burden is said to be the reason behind theextreme step, as the deceased had failed to deliver goldornaments to a person from whom he had taken over Rs one lakhfor the purpose, police said. A suicide note has also been recovered from the house.PTI NVM ROHBN