Indian woman committed suicide following death of her kittens

A 25-year-old woman killed herself at Amberpet in Hyderabad on Monday evening after her pet kittens, that she had brought home recently, were found dead. E. Swarnalatha set herself on fire in her house at Maruthinagar when her mother and sister were out, police said.

She suffered 90 per cent burns and died by the time she was rushed to hospital. Authorities said that she left a suicide note stating that she wished to end her life since her kittens were no more. An animal lover, Swarnalatha had brought four kittens recently but the house owner had asked her not to keep them in the house.

The four kittens were found dead on Monday after they had been left outside the house overnight, police said. Speaking about the suicide of E. Swarnalatha, Amberpet sub-inspector T. Murali Krishna said, “Her house owner had asked her not to bring the kittens inside. So she had to keep them outside last night. The kittens were dead by morning.”

The incident came to light when her neighbors heard Swarnalatha’s screams from inside the house. They barged in and put out the fire but by then it was too late. She was rushed to a private hospital where she was declared dead. In her suicide note, she wrote, “I am depressed about their death, they were my only love. I do not want to live anymore since they are not alive.”