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French tourist killed, chopped up in India by lover
NEW DELHI, Aug 13, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A French tourist was bludgeoned to
death in southern India and his body chopped into pieces, police said Monday,
with a male student confessing to the grisly crime.
The 68-year-old’s body was found packed into three sandbags in Tamil Nadu
state’s Thanjavur district on Sunday.
A 29-year-old student, who has been arrested, confessed to killing the
Frenchman in an altercation after the pair had sex, senior police officer
Senthil Kumar told AFP.
“The student got frustrated and hit him on the head with a wooden stick
and he (the tourist) collapsed,” he said.
Kumar said the French embassy in New Delhi had been informed of the
murder. An embassy spokesman told AFP he was not immediately able to comment.
Local and foreign tourists flock to Thanjavur for its myriad temples,
including the 11th-century Brihadeeswara Temple famous for its frescoed
interiors.
India bans gay sex acts as “carnal intercourse against the order of
nature” and allows for jail terms up to life under British-era legislation
that is currently being challenged in India’s top court.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1655 hrs