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Chennai: A horrifying incident came into limelight as a 20-year-old nursing student was allegedly killed by her boyfriend at a hotel in Chennai, who then posted a picture of the dead body as his WhatsApp story, raising concern among their mutual friends. The alarm was sounded, prompting their friends to alert the Chromepet police. A subsequent search led to the discovery of the body at a hotel on CLC Works Road in Chromepet.
The young woman was a second-year nursing student and had been in a relationship with the accused for five years, according to the police. They recently rented a room in the city and had been staying together. Originally from Kerala’s Kollam district, victim stayed at a girls’ hostel in New Colony. The victim had not attended classes at her college for the last three days.
According to the sources, victim Fousia and accused Ashiq both are in their 20s, belong to Kollam in Kerala and had checked in at the hotel at around 10:30 am. As per the preliminary investigation, the couple, after checking into the hotel got into an argument as Fousia questioned Ashiq about photos of him and another woman on his phone.
In retaliation, Ashiq hit Fousia and strangled her to death with his t-shirt, after which, he uploaded the photo of her body as his Whatsapp status, police said. Some of Fousia’s friends at the college, who also had his number, saw the photo around 5:00 pm and informed the police, according to a report in sources.
Police said that both were in a relationship for five years and had married secretly. They had a baby in their late teens and had given the child up for adoption in Chikamagalur. The couple had separated two years ago when Fousia came to know about Ashiq’s affairs with several other women. She also filed a complaint with Kerala police, who booked him under the Pocso Act and sent him to jail. Soon after he was released, he apologised and the couple got back together. Since then, he visited her often.
Victim’s body was sent for a postmortem to Chromepet government hospital. Investigation into the matter is currently underway.
