Sl refugee attemps to self immolation

A Sri Lankan refugee today attempted to commit self immolation at Collectorate here demanding police action against some of the customers of the chit fund run by him for allegedly cheating to the tune of Rs 10 lakh.
However, police prevented his attempt.
Manoj of Trincomalee is in Mandapam refugee camp was running a chit fund firm, enrolling the refugees and locals as members.
Some of them who bid for the chit amount in the early stages did not pay the full amount. Besides, some had borrowed money from him and did not repay leading to cumulative loss of Rs 10 lakh to him.

He said though he gave a police complaint against those who cheated him, no action was taken.