A native of Nadapuram in Kozhikode district set himself on fire at the house of a woman whose marriage was scheduled in April.
The incident occurred at 2 a.m. on Tuesday at Jathiyeri near Nadapuram. According to sources, Ponpatta Rathnesh, 42, an electrician, came to the house of the woman, which is around half a kilometre from his house. He scaled the wall of the two-storeyed building using a ladder to reach her room on the first floor. Rathnesh first broke open the door and set some things on fire in the room. When the neighbours raised an alarm after seeing smoke from the house, he came down from the terrace and set himself on fire.
The woman, her brother, and sister-in-law sustained minor burns. They were treated at a hospital in Vadakara.
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