Chennai: The police are on the lookout for a 26-year-old man for slashing a Class 8 student’s throat and fleeing the spot on Wednesday afternoon in Chennai’s Aminjikarai town. According to the police, the man had stalked the girl for a few months after which she rejected his advances, which made him commit the crime, Times of India reported.

The 13-year-old girl was rushed to Kilpauk Medical College Hospital by her neighbours where her condition is said to be stable. The police said that the girl and the man, identified as Nithyanathan, were staying in the same building where he was running an eatery on the ground floor. The girl has been living on the first floor of the building with her parents for the past six years.