Chennai: A 21-year-old man from Ramapuram killed his girlfriend by slitting her throat and later died by suicide at a lodge in Periamet on Friday morning, police said.According to police, Bhavya, 21, a native of Sivaganga district and Bharathi Perumal, son of Murugan, were in a relationship. Investigators said that the couple had checked into a lodge on Kumarappa Street in Periamet around 8am on Thursday and were allotted a room on the first floor. They were scheduled to vacate the room by 10am on Friday. However as the duo did not exit the room even after the check-out time, the lodge manager grew suspicious and decided to check on the couple. As the door was locked from inside, the manager looked through a glass panel, found the man dead and alerted the police. A police team led by inspector Srinivasan reached the spot, broke open the door and found Bhavya lying in a pool of blood. Police observed a deep cut on her neck, along with injuries on her wrist and elbow. The bodies were sent to the Govt General Hospital for postmortem. Periamet police registered a case. The respective families have been informed about the incident. Further investigation is on.
