Khammam: A girl allegedly tried to cut the throat of her former boyfriend for marrying another woman.
The incident took place at Narasimha Swamy Gutta in Khammam on Sunday.
Police said Pyda Karuna of Aswapuram and T. Panduranga Rao of Charla were final year engineering students at the Pulipati Engineering College in Khammam and were in love since three years.
But, Panduranga Rao recently married another woman and Karuna became angry. She invited him to Narasimha Swamy temple to talk over the issue.
Karuna talked to Rao about his marriage and both had an argument. Rao defended himself and an enraged Karuna who had brought along a blade, tried to cut his throat.
The devotees at the temple who saw the incident sent him to the hospital and informed the police. Doctors said that Panduranga Rao is out of danger.
Police led by Two Town circle inspector Srinivasa Reddy took the girl into custody and filed an attempt to murder case against her.
