TRICHY: A 19-year-old man involved in two murder cases attempted to murder his 16-year-old girlfriend and her mother at a village near Siruganur in Trichy on Tuesday after the girl's family refused to marry her off to him.
They were admitted to Perambalur government hospital where both are out of danger.
Police said the accused also consumed poison and got admitted to Mahatma Gandhi memorial government hospital (MGMGH).Siruganur police said K Shanmugam of Kallur near Musiri and the girl were in love with each other when they were in school in Padalur.
However, the girl left Shanmugam on the advice of her family.
On Tuesday morning, he barged into the girl's house and asked her mother to marry her off to him.
As she refused to do so, an argument followed and Shanmugam abused them verbally before attacking both with a machete.The woman, 38, and her daughter suffered severe injuries on their heads while the girl sustained injuries on her right thumb.
Acting on a complaint from the girl's mother, police booked an attempt to murder case against Shanmugam and also charged him with trespassing and verbally abusing the women.
Police said he will be arrested after his discharge.
Shanmugam was accused in two murder cases as a juvenile a few months ago and was out on bail recently, police said.