A 31-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil refugee set herself afire at a Refugee Camp at Kottapattu in India in the late hours on Saturday. The woman J. Rohini is undergoing treatment at the Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital, the Hindu reported.
Police sources said a domestic tiff between the woman and her husband was said to have driven her to resort to the extreme measure.
The woman poured kerosene on her body and set herself afire in the refugee camp in the late night hours. The sources said the woman had suffered nearly 40 per cent burns, the report said.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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