CHENNAI: A 37-year-old woman village assistant involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Kallakurichi district has died by suicide, prompting police to launch a detailed investigation.

According to a Daily Thanthi report, the deceased, Jakhitha Begum, lived in Sandaipettai near Tirukkovilur with her husband Mubarak, their daughter and son. She was working as a village assistant at the Sivanarthangal Village Administrative Office.

As part of the SIR of the electoral roll, she had been distributing verification forms to voters and collecting the completed documents over the past few days.

According to police, she went to work as usual on November 20. After completing her voter-related field duties, she returned home for lunch. While alone at home, she reported

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