MALAPPURAM: A sixty-year-old man attempted suicide after hacking a middle-aged woman. The incident happened at Chunkathara in Malappuram. After hacking Santha Kumari of Chunkathara, Ashraf tried to commit suicide. The condition of both undergoing treatment at Kozhikode Medical College is in a serious condition.

The incident happened Wednesday early morning. Ashraf and 45-year-old Shantha Kumari were in a relationship for quite some time. When he started abusing her physically, she parted ways with him. She lodged a complaint with the police when his harassment continued.

Ashraf attacked Shantha soon after this. He attacked her when she was milking her cow in the shed. He fled from there and tried to commit suicide by consuming poison. Ashraf has a wife and children. Shantha Kumari is a spinster.