A young school teacher Vasanthapriya of Thiruvudaimarudhur in Kumbakonam district was brutally murdered and the body was left near a temple pond. During the police investigation from CCTV footage of the temple, it was found that the victim had come in a two wheeler with a young man. The family identified the person as a cousin of the girl and the police brought him in for questioning.

The young man Nandhakumar after grilling by the cops confessed that he murdered Vasanthapriya by stabbing her. According to his statement the duo were in love with each other for several years but since he did not have a stable job the girl's family did not approve. On that fateful day Nandhakumar had taken Vasanthapriya to the temple pond and begged her to marry him but since she refused in a fit of rage had murdered her.