KRISHNAGIRI: A 20-year-old woman was murdered by her boyfriend near Hosur in Krishnagiri district on Sunday night, following which the man died by suicide by jumping in front of a moving truck.
Pradeep, 25, son of Maniarasu of Chinna Veppampattu near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur district, was employed at a private company at G Mangalam on the Hosur-Bagalur Road. Truck driver M Ramakumaran, 53, of Kattur in Trichy district, immediately reported the incident at the Bagalur police station and surrendered before the cops. Investigations revealed that Pradeephad had murdered Thavija Sri.
The two had been in a relationship for the past several months, police said. She collapsed and died on the spot,” said an officer at the Bagalur police station. “In a fit of rage, Pradeep attacked Thavija Sri with a knife, inflicting multiple injuries on her neck. After the incident, Pradeep fled the scene and ran onto the Hosur-Bagalur Road, where he jumped in front of a moving container truck in an attempt to end his life. A police team recovered her body and sent it to the Hosur Government Hospital for postmortem examination. Police registered a case.