Youth strangles pregnant plus one student when forced for marriage

CHENNAI: A youth has been arrested for strangulating his lover. The arrested is 23-year-old B Agilan of Villupuram. He strangulated his lover, a 17-year-old girl and a plus one student.

Agilan and the girl were in a relationship for the past few months. She forced him for marriage after she got pregnant. He invited her to an isolated place to sort out the issue and the two engaged in a fight over it. He told police that he then decided to murder her.

After strangulating her to death, he buried the body with the help of his friends at a secluded place. Workers engaged under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, found the body when they were cleaning a vacant land. They then informed the police. The police arrested one of his friends identified as Suresh Kumar (22), who helped him in disposing the body, the other is absconding.

The girl went missing from her home on May 4 and her body was found on May 6.