12th-grade student brutally stabbed to death in Tamil Nadu

In a shocking incident that has triggered widespread outrage, a Class 12 girl from Rameswaram was brutally stabbed to death by a 21-year-old youth on Wednesday after she repeatedly refused his persistent demands to enter into a romantic relationship.

The accused, identified as Muniyaraj, has been arrested by the police.

The victim, Shalini, a Class 12 student at the Rameswaram Government Girls Higher Secondary School, lived with her family in Cherankottai near Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district. Her father, Mariyappan, earns his livelihood as a fisherman and is the father of two daughters, of whom Shalini was the



elder.

According to police sources, Muniyaraj who lived in the same locality had been harassing the teenager for several days, pressuring her to accept his love proposal.

Disturbed by his repeated advances, Shalini informed her father about the harassment. Angered and concerned for his daughter’s safety, Mariyappan confronted the youth at his house and warned him to stop troubling her. However, this intervention appeared to have infuriated the accused further.

On the day of the incident, when Shalini was on her way to school, a furious Muniyaraj allegedly confronted her and stabbed her multiple times with a knife.