STUDENT MURDERS CLASSMATE ON KERELA COLLEGE CAMPUS USING CUTTER KNIFE

 

Student slits female classmate's throat on Kerala college campus

Abhishek used a paper cutter knife to slit Nidhina's throat. Four office staff immediately rushed Nidhina to a hospital nearby, but she succumbed to her injuries

In yet another gruesome crime, a young woman who had come to her college to write her examination was murdered in broad daylight on Friday, October 1 in Kerala's Kottayam district. The incident happened at the campus of St Thomas College Pala in Kottayam around 11.30 am, while others were present in the campus. The deceased has been identified as Nidhina Mol, a student of Food Technology at the college. Her classmate Abhishek Baiju who killed her by slitting her throat has been taken into custody by the police.

Jose, an eyewitness who works as a watchman in the college, told the media that he had seen the two of them arguing standing under a mango tree, and he tried to intervene. "That's when I saw that blood was spurting from her neck," Jose told news channels. It was not only Jose, but many others too saw Nidhina and Abhishek arguing and then him attacking her with a knife.

Abhishek used a paper cutter knife to slit Nidhina's throat. Four office staff immediately rushed Nidhina to a hospital nearby, but she succumbed to her injuries. "She was breathing faintly as we brought her in the vehicle. But when we reached here, the hospital said she had passed away," one of the staff members told the media

"What we have understood now is that he was a classmate of the (deceased). He has been taken into custody,"  Kottayam Superintendent of Police Shilpa Dyavaiah told the media. The police are investigating further details like the motive of the crime and whether it was a planned one. Many students who spoke to the media said that Abhishek and Nidhina were close friends