After love turns sour, youth murders class 12 student

TRICHY: A class 12 student’s throat was slit by a spurned lover in Tiruvarur district on Thursday. Frustrated due to unrequited love, the third year commerce student then attempted suicide. He is presently fighting for his life at the Thanjavur government medical college hospital.
Police said A Vinodhini was a class 12 student at Koothanallur government higher secondary school.The Koothanallur municipality lies between Mannargudi and Tirurvarur. Prakash was pursuing his third year B Com at a private college in Poondi. Both Vinodhini and Prakash lived on the same street in Marakadai Sithathankarai, a farming hamlet near Koothanallur. Initially, they were good friends, but soon their friendship blossomed into love.
According to Koradacheri inspector Siva Vadivelu, when Vinodhini’s parents came to know about this relationship, they packed her off to her uncle’s house during the quarterly holidays and decided to get her married soon. While at her uncle’s, the young girl was repeatedly advised by family elders to end her relationship with Prakash.
When Vinodhini returned home from vacation, Prakash approached her father Anbazhagan and asked for her hand in marriage, a proposal that was instantly rejected. Prakash persuaded Vinodhini to accompany him to a neighbouring field on Wednesday evening. Alone in the field, he asked Vinodhini why she had changed her mind about him. She did not want to disobey her parents, she said. In a fit of rage, Prakash slit Vinodhini’s throat with a machete. He continued to attack her on her face and chest. If he could not have her, then no one else would, he told her. He then attempted suicide, inflicting injuries on himself with the murder weapon. Later, he changed his mind and surrendered at the Koothanallur police station.
He was rushed to the Thanjavur government medical college hospital where an emergency operation was performed. Doctors at the hospital said he was still in critical condition. The Koothanallur police have registered a case against him.