Chennai, June 3 -- In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old college student allegedly murdered his girlfriend before ending his own life in the city on Tuesday.

Both of them had not got married but were living partners.

The deceased were identified as S. Akash and T. Abinaya, both students of Arignar Anna Government Arts College in Villupuram.

According to police reports, the duo had recently moved into a rented house in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar near Perambur, posing as a married couple.

They had told their families they were shifting to Chennai for part-time jobs during the summer break.

Neighbors noticed Akash hanging from inside the house and alerted the police, who arrived at the scene and broke open the locked house, only to find Abinaya...