CHENNAI: An engineering student was clubbed to death by her senior inside a classroom on Tuesday morning in Karur, 380 kms from Chennai.
The incident comes two months after IT professional Swathi was hacked to death at a railway station in Chennai by a man for rejecting him.
According to the police, Udayakumar entered the classroom with a wooden log and confronted Sonali, a third year engineering student, for ignoring him.
They had an argument following which Udayakumar smashed her head with the log.
As a horrified class looked on and students screamed, the professor tried to intervene and save the girl.
Udayakumar also attacked the professor before walking out of the classroom.
Sonali was bleeding profusely and was rushed to Karur Hospital where she was given first aid and then rushed to Madurai hospital, where she died.
Police have arrested Udayakumar and said the two appeared to have been friendly for some time. But since Udayakumar was suspended a few days ago, Sonali had been avoiding him.
Udayakumar met her at the college canteen on Tuesday. As she did not talk to him, he was infuriated. He followed her to the classroom and then hit her after the argument.
{{/usCountry}}Udayakumar met her at the college canteen on Tuesday. As she did not talk to him, he was infuriated. He followed her to the classroom and then hit her after the argument.
{{/usCountry}}A police inspector investigating the case said he hit the girl twice with the log.
Sonali hails from Madurai and the boy is from Paramakudi in Trichy district. The girl’s family does not have a clue about why she was killed. The college management has declared holiday for three days from Tuesday.
Swathi, employed with an IT firm, was hacked to death allegedly by a man in the Nungambakkam railway station in Chennai on July 24 in the morning. After a manhunt, police arrested Ramkumar and charged him with murder.
(With PTI inputs)