Chennai: On Saturday morning, a trainee nurse was admitted to a government hospital after she was attacked by her maternal uncle for rejecting his marriage proposal. Reports mentioned that after attacking his niece, the accused consumed poison. He is currently being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the same hospital.
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According to the source, the police officials mentioned that there are guards outside the ICU ward, keeping a watch over him. Reports stated by Deccan Chronicle, the deputy superintendent of police, Balasubramanian said that after he is discharged from the hospital, he will be arrested under charges of attempt to murder.
The victim was identified as Jayanti (20) residence of Echur village near Kancheepuram of Tamil Nadu and the accused was named, 27-year-old R Muthu. Accused worked as an AC mechanic at a private company in Vandalur. As stated in the reports, he was harassing to marry him but she denied his proposal.
On Saturday morning, accused came to the Jayanti and offered her an expensive gift. Muthu pleaded her and asked her to marry him. The victim rebuked him for disturbing her at the workplace. In a fit of rage, Muthu took out a knife and tried to stab her at on the neck. Meanwhile, Jayanthi immediately saved her neck, but she was hurt on side of the neck and her arm. She immediately cried for help and the hospital staff rushed to rescue her.
Accused somehow managed to rush to open terrace and consumed the poison her brought with himself. Muthu was then admitted to the hospital's ICU. Reportedly, both of them are out of danger now.
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