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Saturday June 2, 2012

Man hangs himself on his wedding day


A 38-YEAR-OLD man was found hanged from a tree on the day that he was supposed to get married, Tamil Nesan reported.

T. Saravanan from Taman Botani in Ipoh was discovered in Lubok Temong, a recreational area on the way to Cameron Highlands, at around 8.15am on Thursday.

Passers-by who spotted Saravanan alerted the police.

Family members said the marriage was to have taken place on Thursday.

They were puzzled as to why Saravanan took his own life.

> In another report, South Indian actress Meera Jasmine, 28, has denied marrying her boyfriend Mandolin Rajesh.

“There is no need to have a secret wedding,” she was quoted as saying.

“We will announce it openly when we decide to tie the knot.”

Meera said the wedding would take place with the blessings of both families.

Some of Meera's memorable movies are Geethai, Anjaneya and Sandaikozhi.

Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this > sign, it denotes a separate news item.

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