Chennai court hands death sentence to 25-yr-old stalker who pushed girl to death before moving train

CHENNAI: A sessions court here on Monday awarded death sentence to a youth for killing a college girl by pushing her before a moving train over unrequited love in 2022.

The sessions judge at Mahila Court ordered capital punishment to convict Sathish, a 25-year-old youth, under section 302 of the IPC, with Rs 25,000 fine. The judge also issued three years of rigorous imprisonment with Rs 10,000 fine under section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act. The court further directed the State to pay Rs 10 lakh to the two sisters of the victim girl for the mental agony they underwent.

The shocking incident occurred in full public view at the busy St. Thomas Railway Station on October 14, 2022. Sathish, after a heated argument with the victim girl at the railway station, pushed her before a moving local train and fled.

The victim died on the spot.

The prosecution said the girl was the daughter of a woman constable and the accused the son of a retired sub inspector. Both families were living at the same police quarters in Alandur.

The accused and the girl — who was pursuing her higher education at a private college in Tambaram — were allegedly in love, but later she began avoiding him. Aggrieved by this, Sathish started stalking her hoping to revive their relationship. On the fateful day, he followed her, and soon they started an argument, which ended with him causing her death.

The railway police recovered the decapitated body of the girl. Subsequently, they arrested Sathish and booked him under section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 302 of IPC, 235 (2) and 309 of CrPC.