Jilted lovers terrorize TN: man hacks woman teacher to death at church, kills self

Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu: A 25-year old female teacher was allegedly hacked to death Wednesday at a church by a man, who later ended his own life, for spurning his love, police here said.

Francina had rejected the proposal made by 26-year old Jegan and was to get married to another man next month.

Enraged over this, Jegan fatally attacked her while she was offering prayers in the church.

The incident came a day after an engineering student was clubbed to death in a private college in Karur district by her senior on similar grounds.

Francina was rushed to a hospital where she died without responding to treatment, police said.

Jegan committed suicide by hanging himself in an abandoned building nearby, police said, adding that further investigation was on.

Investigation revealed that Jegan used to follow Francina to her school daily and even proposed to her which was rejected. He also came to know that she had got engaged to another person and decided to eliminate her.

This is the third such brutal killing in a public place by jilted lovers in the state in the last three months.

A 20-year-old engineering student was allegedly beaten to death in her classroom in a private college in Karur district by her senior Tuesday for spurning his love.

Woman techie Swathi was hacked to death by a young man at a railway station in Chennai on July 24 in full public view for the same reason.