In a shocking incident, an engineering student beheaded his girlfriend in the St Xavier’s College in Ranchi on April 27.

Bijendra Kumar alias Golu, 23, an engineering diploma student of Jamshedpur, severed the head of Khusbu, 18, with a sharp weapon.

Khushbu was an intermediate student of Ranchi Women’s College.

Kumar was nabbed by students and security guards. Police said they were trying to find out the reasons behind the murder.

Khusbu belonged to Tatilsilwai on the outskirts of Ranchi but she visited her uncle’s house in Jamshedpur’s Sonari locality.

“The duo apparently met in Jamshedpur and had an affair, which might have turned sour,” said city Superintendent of Police Sambhu Thakur.

Kumar’s mother Yamini Devi said that he had left the house around 8.30am for the institute and “we haven’t heard from him yet.”

When briefed about the incident, Yamini broke down and said, “we came to know about his affair with Khusbu two months ago when she ran away from her house and came to Jamshedpur to marry my son.”

Khusbu’s uncle Rajendra Singh had then intervened and thrashed Kumar for inciting his minor niece to elope.

Eyewitnesses said Khusbu had come to college with her grandmother to take her exams. Kumar had followed her, and got into an altercation with her grandmother.

“He attacked her as soon as she came out of the exam hall,” said an eyewitness.

Kumar was beaten up before police took him and sent him to hospital.

“We were in love for the last five years, but our parents did not allow us to unite, so we decided to die together. After killing her, I was about to kill myself when they caught me,” said Kumar.

Nicholas Tete, principal of the college, said, “There cannot be anything more brutal than this.”

Source: cathnewsindia.com