RAMESWARAM: She turned down his romantic proposals multiple times. But 21-year-old Muniyaraj wouldn’t take no for an answer. When her father warned him against harassing his daughter, Muniyaraj chose revenge. He stabbed her to death when she was on her way to school, on a public road in broad daylight.

According to police, the incident happened on Wednesday in Rameswaram. The girl lived with her family in Cherankottai near the island town. The accused Muniyaraj, a resident of the same area, had allegedly been stalking the girl for days and pressuring her to accept his proposal, despite repeated rejections. The girl’s father Mariyappan, a fisherman, had recently confronted the youth and warned him against harassing his daughter.

Enraged by her rejections and the warning from her family,

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