Aluva (Kerala) Aug 11 (IANS) A man asked a woman he knew to shut her eyes to give her a surprise present and then went on to stab her to death at a beach near here on Friday police said. The killer has been arrested.
Sheethal 30 was stabbed around 10.30 a.m. at the Cherrai beach a popular tourist destination by Prasanth who hails from Kottayam district the police said.
"The man told us he was a tenant in the woman s house. He claimed they were lovers but their relationship had soured " a police official told the media.
Both had visited a temple before going to the beach.
Once Sheethal closed her eyes the man fished out a knife and stabbed her. Onlookers rushed her to a hospital but she bled to death.
--IANS
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