‘He first hit her, then hacked her on her neck,’ says security guard who witnessed the attack

KOTTAYAM: Jose, the security guard of Pala St Thomas College, is still in shock after seeing Abhishek brutally murdering his classmate Nithina. Jose told police that he witnessed the murder. He said he immediately reported the incident to the college principal.

Jose said that Abhishek and Nithina were standing on the ground and that he saw the two engaged in an argument. At this point he started moving towards them and suddenly the boy hit the girl on the back of her head. When she fell down, he caught her hair. Saw blood oozing from her neck. Then two boys came running and asked me not to leave him. But, he did not try to escape, stood there itself,’ he said.

The body of the girl is kept at Marian Medical Centre. She was attacked when she came out after the supplementary exam.