Hyderabad:
Apparently angered over refusing to marry him, a youth allegedly killed a 22-year-old woman by slashing her throat and later attempted to commit suicide in Khammam, police said.
The girl identified as C Srilatha was attacked in broad-daylight by one Srinivas with a knife who had called her at a park, they said.
According to police, the accused and the victim worked together at a cloth store and were in love. However, Srilatha had filed a complaint against Srinivas in 2009 accusing him of cheating her by not marrying her, after which he was sent to jail though after coming out on bail he had promised to marry her.
Meanwhile, Srinivas reportedly grew suspicion that Srilatha had developed intimacy with another person and called her to meet him in the park today, but attacked her with a knife and slit her throat and later injured himself.
The duo was rushed in serious condition to a hospital where Srilatha died undergoing treatment, police said.
"As per the information available, Srinivas slit the throat of Srilatha and later attempted suicide by cutting his throat. The woman died in the incident and the condition of the youth is critical. He is undergoing treatment at Khammam government hospital and is under police custody," Khammam district Superintendent of Police Kanti Rana Tata, told reporters.
The victims relatives alleged that Srinivas was harassing Srilatha to marry him even as Srinivas while being shifted to a hospital said that he resorted to this act as Srilatha was avoiding him and that she was getting married to someone else.
"I cannot live without her and cannot bear that she is going to marry someone else," Srinivas said.
Strongly condemning the incident, representatives of women and local organisation staged a demonstration near the SP office demanding financial assistance to the woman's family.
The girl identified as C Srilatha was attacked in broad-daylight by one Srinivas with a knife who had called her at a park, they said.
According to police, the accused and the victim worked together at a cloth store and were in love. However, Srilatha had filed a complaint against Srinivas in 2009 accusing him of cheating her by not marrying her, after which he was sent to jail though after coming out on bail he had promised to marry her.
Meanwhile, Srinivas reportedly grew suspicion that Srilatha had developed intimacy with another person and called her to meet him in the park today, but attacked her with a knife and slit her throat and later injured himself.
The duo was rushed in serious condition to a hospital where Srilatha died undergoing treatment, police said.
"As per the information available, Srinivas slit the throat of Srilatha and later attempted suicide by cutting his throat. The woman died in the incident and the condition of the youth is critical. He is undergoing treatment at Khammam government hospital and is under police custody," Khammam district Superintendent of Police Kanti Rana Tata, told reporters.
The victims relatives alleged that Srinivas was harassing Srilatha to marry him even as Srinivas while being shifted to a hospital said that he resorted to this act as Srilatha was avoiding him and that she was getting married to someone else.
"I cannot live without her and cannot bear that she is going to marry someone else," Srinivas said.
Strongly condemning the incident, representatives of women and local organisation staged a demonstration near the SP office demanding financial assistance to the woman's family.
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