An employee of a company tried to set himself ablaze reportedly due to non-payment of salary, police said on Saturday.
The man, hailing from Tirunelveli, was working on the outskirts of Coimbatore.
He arrived at the Collectorate here and attempted to take his life, the police said, adding that they stopped him from taking the extreme step.
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