A female student was found stabbed to death at Pallivasal near Munnar in Idukki district of Kerala. The deceased was identified as Reshma Rajesh, 17, daughter of Vanditharayil Rajesh, a resident of Powerhouse area near Munnar. Reshma was a plus two student at Bisonvalley government higher secondary school.
According to Vellathooval police, the father of the girl lodged a complaint with the police that the girl did not return home after school hours. Then the police began a probe and the auto rickshaw drivers said that a relative was present along with the girl. Based on the probe, police found that the girl had been stabbed to death near the Pallivasal area around 9 pm on Friday.
"The post-mortem will be held at Kottayam medical college on Saturday. CCTV visuals showed that the girl was present with a relative Anu around 4.45 in the evening. The probe is going on to find the relative,” said a police official from Vellathooval police station.
"The reason for the death and other details will emerge only after the post-mortem,” said the official.
Meanwhile, the girl tested positive for coronavirus in an antigen test before the inquest.
The father of the girl said there were no family issues and that friends informed that the girl was present with the relative on Friday evening.
In October last year, a 21-year-old woman was stabbed to death in Kollam while she was trying to save her mother who was being attacked by her neighbour. The deceased Abhirami's family, living at Uliyakovil in Kollam, and the family of the accused man used to quarrel frequently over the sewage water flowing into the former’s compound, according to police. The accused man, 62-year-old Umesh Babu was taken into police custody.