Man slashes teacher’s throat, attempts suicide

  • | Monday | 19th November, 2018

Later, he was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.The Thiruvottiyur police registered an attempt to murder case against Balaji. Logesh rushed his sister to Government Stanley Hospital.Meanwhile, Balaji consumed rat poison and surrendered before the Thiruvottiyur police. CHENNAI: A 28-year-old man slashed the throat of a woman at Tiruvottiyur here on Sunday night and attempted suicide, after a quarrel over her relatives’ refusal to accept his proposal to marry her.The woman has been identified as V Bharathi, 26, of Tiruvottiyur who is a schoolteacher . The accused, identified as S Balaji of Vellaikal near Kancheepuram, is working in an auditing firm . As he informed the police that he had consumed poison, the police took him to a nearby hospital.

CHENNAI: A 28-year-old man slashed the throat of a woman at Tiruvottiyur here on Sunday night and attempted suicide, after a quarrel over her relatives’ refusal to accept his proposal to marry her.The woman has been identified as V Bharathi, 26, of Tiruvottiyur who is a schoolteacher . The accused, identified as S Balaji of Vellaikal near Kancheepuram, is working in an auditing firm . Balaji and Bharathi were in love, but her relatives were against their marriage, according to police On Sunday night, Balaji went to Bharathi’s house and picked up a quarrel with her. Her ailing mother was also in the house.In the heated arguments, Balaji took a kitchen knife and slashed Bharathi’s throat and escaped.Bharathi’s brother Logesh, who returned home after work, heard the screams of his mother and sister and found his sister in a serious condition with blood oozing from her throat. Logesh rushed his sister to Government Stanley Hospital.Meanwhile, Balaji consumed rat poison and surrendered before the Thiruvottiyur police. As he informed the police that he had consumed poison, the police took him to a nearby hospital. Later, he was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.The Thiruvottiyur police registered an attempt to murder case against Balaji.

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