Couple tries 'immolation' at Mantralaya

MUMBAI: A 54-year-old woman and her husband, from Laldongar in

Chembur

, arrived at the Mantralya garden gate on Friday afternoon and poured

kerosene

on themselves. Police ran to save them thinking they were committing suicide. It transpired later that the liquid was water.


A source said Arun Kamble and his wife Sharda had taken loan from a money lender, Uday Shetty. The duo complained that he along with an agent, M Pagare, had been insisting that the loan be repaid. "The duo was later taken to the

Marine Drive police station

," said an officer. "They were counselled there. We will now coordinate with the Chembur police and ask them to look into the matter.