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In a tragic incident, a 15-year-old girl studying in class 10 was brutally murdered late on Thursday, May 9. The accused, identified as Prakash (32), allegedly severed her head with a sharp sword and fled with it. The girl had recently passed in the SSLC exam and was to be engaged to Prakash.
The minor girl's engagement with Prakash, who was twice her age, was stopped by officials from the Women and Child Development department on May 9 after locals alerted them. The officials also persuaded her parents not to proceed with the marriage. After the engagement was thwarted, Prakash forcibly entered the girl's house at night and abducted her, injuring her mother. He then took her to a location near a forest where he allegedly killed her and went absconding with her severed head. Prakash continued to frighten the victim's parents using that sword.
Kodagu police have initiated a search operation to arrest the accused. Kodagu SP K Ramarajan said that the victim, who was the sole class 10 student in the school, had recently passed her SSLC exam and that the motive behind the murder will be determined after speaking to the victim's mother.
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