Chennai: A man suspected to have murdered 24-year-old Infosys employee Swathi in Chennai was arrested on Friday night in Tirunelveli.
Police said the accused, identified as Ram Kumar, slashed his throat and attempted to commit suicide soon after he was caught. He will be brought to Chennai on Saturday.
Police said Kumar stalked Swathi for months before hacking her with a sickle at a railway platform in the state capital. The motive of the murder is being investigated and other probe-related details in the case are awaited.
"He followed her a few times earlier. He planned for the murder, we got proof in various angles that's how we fixed the accused. He is the only one accused and did not have an accomplice," Chennai police chief TK Rajendran said.
Kumar is an engineering graduate and a native of Shencottah near Tirunelveli. He was staying at the Choolaimedu area in the city where Swathi had resided for quite some time.
Swathi, employed with software giant Infosys, was hacked to death around 6.30 AM on a platform in Nungambakkam railway station on June 24.
The killer was seen on CCTV cameras running away from the scene as those around did nothing to stop him or shift her to hospital.
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