According to the report, the bodies of the couple was found around 2.30 am near Tiger caves, a tourist destination, about 50 kilometres south of Chennai. Preliminary evidence reportedly suggests that the woman, Jennifer Pushpa, received a blow from a huge iron hammer to her head resulting in instant death. Her boyfriend, John Mathew (22), then hung himself to death by tying Jennifer’s dupatta to a tree.
“Her parents were against the relationship and asked her to end the relationship. The girl had also recently started avoiding him. Possibly enraged by this, Mathew decided to murder her,” said a police officer to The New Indian Express. The girl who was a final year student studying BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications) at a well-renowned college at Nungambakkam, was just placed in an IT company.
In reports by The News Minute, Mathew meanwhile, was a resident of Semmencherry and was working as a tailor. They had both reportedly been residing at Kottivakkam, where they met in the local church. Mathew allegedly asked Pushpa to come with him to Mahabalipuram on Saturday as it was her birthday and claimed he wanted to meet her one last time. Once they reached a secluded spot, he reportedly used the iron hammer he had gift-wrapped to murder her.
