In a shocking incident that has triggered widespread outrage, a Class 12 girl from Rameswaram was brutally stabbed to death by a 21-year-old youth on Wednesday after she repeatedly refused his persistent demands to enter into a romantic relationship.

The accused, identified as Muniyaraj, has been arrested by the police.

The victim, Shalini, a Class 12 student at the Rameswaram Government Girls Higher Secondary School, lived with her family in Cherankottai near Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district. Her father, Mariyappan, earns his livelihood as a fisherman and is the father of two daughters, of whom Shalini was the

elder.

According to police sources, Muniyaraj who lived in the same locality had been harassing the teenager for several days, pressuring her to accept his love proposal.

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