TIRUPATI: A 23-year old MBA student was stabbed by a youth when she refused his proposal to marry him. The incident happened near KMM College in Chandragiri mandal of Chittoor district on Thursday afternoon.
At around 1 pm, M Nagakethana, pursuing MBA first year in KMM College came out after writing exam, when her friend Md Tanish met her and proposed to marry her. Trying not to create a scene in front of others, she took him behind the college building and asked him not to pester her.
However, Tanish, a polytechnic dropout, got into argument with her and attacked her. Strangling her throat, he stabbed her in the shoulder 3-4 times.
Tanish’s friends, who saw it, immediately fled the spot and alerted other college students, who rushed to the spot. Meanwhile, the girl fainted and collapsed on the ground. Seeing students rushing towards him, Tanish fled.
Nagakethana’s classmates alerted 108 emergency service while some of them chased after Tanish. She was rushed to the Government General Hospital in Tirupati, where her condition is reported to be serious.
College students who chased after Tanish, caught hold of him at Chandragiri Railway Station, 1.5 km from the college and handed him over to the police, who rushed to the spot. They took him into the custody and on being questioned by police, he said he stabbed her unable to bear her refusal.
According to sources, both Nagakethana and Tanish knew each other from childhood and had studied in school together. Both are residents of Tirupati.