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Police constable kills 22-year-old man who posed as a woman over a Facebook 'affair'

A police constable from Chennai killed a 22-year-old man who allegedly cheated him by posing as a woman on Facebook.

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Police constable kills 22-year-old man who posed as a woman over a Facebook 'affair'
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A police constable from Chennai killed a 22-year-old man who allegedly cheated him by posing as a woman on Facebook.

The incident took place in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar while constable Kannan Kumar, attached with the Ennore police station in Chennai, had taken 10 days' leave over the Pongal holidays to visit his hometown, reported Times of India.

S Ayyanar, a teaching student, had created a woman's fake profile on Facebook, where he started an online relationship with Kumar .

However, while on a leave, Kumar realised that he was being cheated by S Ayyanar Kumar after he refused to meet him even after staying in the nearby area. Following which, Kumar slipped into depression and attempted suicide by consuming poison.

A report said that a constable hatched a plan to kill S Ayyanar Kumar when his friends came to visit him in hospital. "Kumar and his friends kidnapped Ayyanar and hacked him to death," police said.

Police have arrested the three accomplices, Vijayakumar, Tenzing alias Tamilarasan, who confessed during interrogation.

Ennore police inspector Sathyan said, "Kumar has been attached to the law and order wing here since April 2016."

Kumar is on the run.

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