CHENNAI, July 29: An IT employee belonging to a Scheduled Caste has been hacked to death by a youth, allegedly over an inter-caste relationship, police have said.
The 27-year-old victim was employed as an engineer with a software firm in Chennai. The suspect, S Surjith, was arrested on Monday.
According to a police officer, both the parents of the accused are sub-inspectors.
The victim Kavin had gone to consult the woman, a Siddha consultant, about his grandfather’s health condition.He was accosted by the woman’s brother Surjith who invited him home for a discussion. Trusting him, Kavin went along with him. But enroute, Surjith abruptly stopped his two-wheeler, pulled out a sickle and indiscriminately attacked Kavin, police said. (PTI)
