People watch as techie killed at bus stand
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A 21-year-old woman software engineer was stabbed to death in busy Parry’s Corner on Tuesday by her ex-boyfriend after she and her family reportedly decided not to proceed with the marriage plans. After killing her, the youth committed suicide by stabbing himself. Onlookers seemed indifferent to the drama played out in front of their eyes.
The deceased were identified as Karthika and Rajarathinam, 27, of Manickam Nagar, Thiruvotriyur. Karthika, the only child of bakery shop-owner Senthamizh Selvan, fell in love with Rajarathinam, a native of Kanyakumari and ITI diploma-holder, of the same neighbourhood and working in a two-wheeler service centre. Karthika worked in a software firm on Rajiv Gandhi Salai after completing B.Sc. computer science.
Trouble began when Karthika’s family called off the marriage plans on her suggestion. On Tuesday morning, Rajarathinam reached Parry’s Corner to meet Karthika. At the bus stop, after a heated argument, he stabbed her.
“The girl suffered stab injuries on her neck, chest and stomach. She died on the spot. The youth stabbed himself after the incident. He died in hospital,” the police said.
Cinema histrionics inspire passion crime
With crimes of passion becoming increasingly common in the city, psychiatrists call for couples to be prepared for rejection when it comes to relationships, instead of being inspired by the gruesome, violent steps that cinema-lovers take.
“There are movies that portray men carefully planning and killing women they perceive as ‘unfaithful’ as well as cinema that shows lovers committing suicide together. In such situations where the individual is overcome by emotions and the humiliation of being rejected by a lover; he can become aggressive and all rational thinking goes out the window. This is when they can be influenced by these celluloid methods,” says senior psychiatrist Dr R. Sathianathan.
Such attacks are usually not premeditated, but a spur-of-the-moment action by someone who thinks he has nothing more to lose. In this case, however, it appears as though the boy first planned to threaten the girl into getting back with him and killed her in the heat of the argument.
This is not the first time that the city has witnessed such a public slaying of a young woman. In July, a salesgirl at a popular garment store in upmarket Anna Nagar was hacked to death with a pair of scissors by her jealous lover. The boy then tried to kill himself, but was stopped by customers and staff in the busy store.
“Lovers should try and talk it out, solve things amicably,” adds Dr Sathianathan.
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