(Image source from: JNU student hacks his 'love interest')

A 22-year-old Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student was grievously injured in a fatal onslaught by a fellow classmate.

The girl, identified as Roshni Kumari Gupta, a final-year student, was 'axed' by Akash (23), a student of Korean Studies at the School of Languages, after she spurned his advances. The guy later killed himself by drinking poison and slitting his throat.

Onlookers tipped the police that Akash stormed inside the classroom, armed with an axe, a country-made pistol and a knife.

While Akash died on spot, Roshni is believed to be in a critical state. She has suffered multiple fractures and brain hemorrhage. She was rushed to Safdarjung hospital post-attack.

Police have discovered a a two-page long suicide note (written both in English and Hindi) by Akash where he expressed his soft spot for Roshni and write "his ego has been hurt and that he would end this chapter".

Akash, from Gaya in Bihar, and Roshni, from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, met during their first year in JNU.

Police officials reveal that the assault took place around 11 am in classroom number 213after the first class was over. “Akash, who was seated a few rows behind Roshni, walked up to her and began speaking to her. According to students present there, Akash asked all of them to clear out of the classroom,” said police sources.

An eyewitness said, "We thought he was joking. Suddenly, we heard her (Roshni) screaming and by the time we could react, Akash pulled out a pistol and began threatening us with it. He asked us to stay away and not intervene. He attacked Roshni who fell to the ground. He continued to hack Roshni with an axe on her head and hands. He then slit his throat with the axe. Simultaneously, he took out some tablets and consumed them. He also consumed a poisonous liquid. Later, he put the pistol to his head and fired, but the bullet got jammed. He began vomiting and fell unconscious."

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