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About 12 hours after the Tamil Nadu police apprehended 22-year old Ramkumar as a suspect in the sensational Swathi murder case in Chennai, the Chennai city police has divulged more details about the motive of the crime at a press conference on Saturday morning.
Speaking to reporters, police commissioner TK Rajendran said that according to their investigation, Ramkumar was interested in Swathi and infatuated with her. But she did not reciprocate, and this seems to have spurred him to hack her to death.
Ramkumar was regularly following Swathi and was interested in her. It is when he realised that it was not reciprocated, that he committed the murder.TK Rajendran, Police Commissioner
The police have refused to share what evidence is available against Ramkumar.
The police said that he had no accomplices in the crime as per their investigation.
Investigations took place in Choolaimedu, Nungambakam, her workplace, and also on the route on which she travelled. The police investigated the case from different angles and were able to close in on the suspect.
Rajendran further said that Ramkumar slashed his own throat to scare the police.
We secured Ramkumar near his house. As police reached his house, he tried committing suicide by slashing his throat. Police immediately took him to Tenkasi Govt hospital for first aid and admitted him in Tirunelveli government hospital for treatment.
Suspect Stable, Says Doctor
Dr Sithy Athiya Munavarah, Dean of the hospital, operated on Ramkumar at 1:40 am on Saturday.
The doctor said that he is in the ICU, is stable, and will remain under the hospital’s care for the next two days.
She added that Ramkumar will find it difficult to speak till his injury is healed.
The suspect will be handed over to the police once he is better.
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