CHENNAI: A youth stabbed his girlfriend to death for refusing to have sex. The police caught him when he was sitting at the bus stand wearing a blood-stained shirt after the murder. He confessed to have killed his girlfriend during the interrogation. The police arrested Raja (38) of Kundrathoor in Chennai, late last night.

The victim identified as Kannamma was a temporary employee of a private company. The two were in a relationship for the past five years. Police found Kannamma lying half-naked on the floor when they reached her house.

Police said Raja went to Kannamma’s rented house in an inebriated condition Saturday night and forced her to have sex. However, she refused. This ended in a fight between the two. Hearing the dispute between the two, some neighbours intervened and sent Raja away from there. However, when everyone was asleep at night, Raja returned, entered the house and stabbed her to death. Raja has been sent to judicial custody.