TIRUNELVELI: The Swathi murder suspect, who slit his throat when the police nabbed him at his residence near Shengottai in Tirunelveli district would be unable to respond to police enquiry for two days, according to Dr Sithy Athiya Munavarah, dean of Tirunelveli medical college hospital (TVMCH), where a surgery was performed on the suspect.
Ramkumar (22) son of Paramasivam of Meenakshipuam, Thenpothai panchayat near Shengottai, sensing the arrival of the police to arrest him on Friday mid-night, was reported to have attempted to commit suicide by slitting his throat using a blade.
However caught by the Shengottai police, who immediately rushed him to a private hospital and later to Tenkasi government hospital, where he was given first aid.
Later at around 1.40 am on Saturday Ramkumar was bought to Tirunelveli medical college hospital, where he was performed a surgery by a doctors team headed by ENT specialist, Dr Suresh Kumar.
After the operation that went on for about 40 minutes, according to the doctors, Ramkumar was kept at the post-operative care unit from where he was shifted to intensive surgical care unit on Saturday morning.
According to TVMCH dean, Dr Sithy Athiya Munavarah, the injury with a 7 cm long cut with a depth of 3 cm in the neck has not damaged the nerves. The hospital dean added that any patient after such operation would be kept under observation for seven days.
