kottayam in yet another shocking incident a 22year old student was murdered by her boyfriend and classmate at pala st thomas college on friday abhishek baiju 20 of koothattukulam cut the throat of nidhina mol of thalayolaparambu with a paper cutter around 1120ampolice said the incident was the fallout of a strained relationship both of them were pursuing bachelor of vocational education bvoc in food processing technology and they had written one of their supplementary examinations on fridaykottayam sp shilpa d said the students were reportedly arguing over their strained ties it cant be said at this stage of the investigation that it was a preplanned murder he was also injured she had a wound on her neck and an autopsy will be done on saturday she saidnidhina was a dyfi leader while abhishek is an arm wrestler the classmates were reportedly in love for two years and nidhina had backed out of the relationship after their families objected to it this had provoked abhishek and he forcibly took nidhinas phone from her two days ago when she came to the campus he had reportedly told her that he will return the phone on fridayabhishek finished his examination early on friday and waited for nidhina to come out of the hall when the deceased came to collect the phone from abhishek around 1110am he reportedly threatened her that he would take his life if she deserted him but nidhina walked away abhishek caught her by the hair and pulled her down while she was talking to her mother over the phone he took out the paper cutter he was carrying with him and cut her necktwo people who saw the commotion ran towards them only to see her in a pool of blood she was rushed to a private hospital but she could not be saved the inquest report said several major veins were cut in the brutal act abhishek had gone and sat on a small wall nearby after committing the crime from where police arrested him laterthe state had witnessed a few incidents of love affair going awry in recent times with the latest being a 24yearold bds student shot dead by her former lover at kothamangalam in ernakulam in july the man had shot himself dead soon after