Tamil Nadu teacher refuses to marry without parents' nod, killed

THANJAVUR: A 26-year-old woman, who taught in a school in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend on the school premises on Wednesday morning after she refused to marry him without her parents' permission.

M Ramani, a temporary Tamil teacher at Mallipattinam Govt Higher Secondary School, was stabbed on the neck with a knife by P Madhan, 28, outside the staff room around 10am. Though fellow teachers rushed her to hospital, she succumbed to injuries on the way. The accused has been nabbed.

CM M K Stalin announced a solatium of Rs 5 lakh from the CM's public relief fund for Ramani's family. Police said Madhan and Ramani were in love and both hailed from Chinnamanai village in Sethubavachathiram block. His family had met her family a few days ago and expressed a wish to get the duo married, but Ramani's parents were not interested. On Wednesday, Madhan met Ramani in front of the staff room. He said he wanted to speak with her, but as she refused, Madhan got into a heated argument with her. At one point, he took out a knife and stabbed her on the neck and fled.

School education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said a holiday was declared for the school.

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