20-year-old TN nurse allegedly attacked by stalker in Kanchipuram clinic, survives

Muthu, who is Jayanthi's relative, attacked her with an aruval for turning down his proposal.

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All that 20-year-old Jayanthi from Sriperumbudur wanted to do was to have a peaceful life, working as a nurse at a private clinic in Kanchipuram. However, her dreams were shattered by her own relative who allegedly hacked her with an aruval at her workplace.

The incident happened on Saturday morning when Jayanthi was working at the clinic. According to the police, Muthu, 24, hailing from Vandalur, near Chennai was Jayanthi’s first cousin and wanted to marry her. Jayanthi had refused to marry Muthu and had expressed this to him long back, when he had told her about his wish. “He didn’t want to let Jayanthi marry someone else and was not able to take her rejecting him. So he went armed with an aruval to the clinic on Saturday morning and attacked her when she was working,” said Kanchipuram DSP Balasubramaniam to TNM. He also added that Muthu had consumed poison before he set off to attack Jayanthi on Saturday.

Jayanthi was immediately rushed to the government hospital in Kanchipuram by the staff in her clinic, who also took Muthu to the hospital. “Jayanthi suffered three cuts – two on her neck and one on her hand – but she is out of danger now. Muthu is also stable and both of them are in the hospital,” Balasubramaniam added that a guard has been put in place for Muthu, who will be taken into custody once the hospital discharges him.

The Kanchipuram police has registered an FIR against Muthu under section 307 (Attempt to Murder) and will be arresting him once he is out of the hospital.

In February, a 23-year-old teacher Ramya was murdered inside the classroom in which she was teaching allegedly by a stalker in Cuddalore district. The accused man Rajasekhar, had proposed marriage to Ramya, which she had not accepted. He had then approached her parents for her hand in marriage, but they had also refused his proposal. He murdered her using a sharp object. Having suffered injuries to her face and neck, Ramya died on the spot.