COIMBATORE: Police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old man, who allegedly stabbed a girl to death in front of her house in Perur two days ago.
The accused was arrested from Kovaipudur. Police sources said the victim was a minor. “The 17-year-old girl was a BCom student at a private college in Perur. Though she was in love with the accused, she had ended the relationship in March after her parents discouraged her,” a police officer said. “He turned up at her house on Friday around 8.30pm. When the girl came out with her father, he stabbed her on her chest and abdomen using a knife. He also attacked her father.” Police booked the accused for murder and under the Pocso Act.
The accused was arrested from Kovaipudur. Police sources said the victim was a minor. “The 17-year-old girl was a BCom student at a private college in Perur. Though she was in love with the accused, she had ended the relationship in March after her parents discouraged her,” a police officer said. “He turned up at her house on Friday around 8.30pm. When the girl came out with her father, he stabbed her on her chest and abdomen using a knife. He also attacked her father.” Police booked the accused for murder and under the Pocso Act.
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