S. Swathi was a 24-year-old Indian Infosys employee who was murdered on June 24, 2016, at the Nungambakkam railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India while on her way to her office.
She completed a bachelor's degree in computer science at Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering in 2014, taking a course in Oracle in Anna University the same year.
The Madras High Court said it would intervene if the investigation proved lax, condemning the slowness of railway police in attending to the body.
[12] He allegedly attempted to commit suicide by slitting his throat, and was transferred to the government hospital of Tirunelveli[12] A friend of Swathi, Bilal Malik, has also been taken in for questioning by the police.
[13] In July 2022, Caravan magazine published a status check on the case including detailed interviews with multiple people exploring unanswered questions.
[14] N. Panchapakesan, founder of Chennai Sai Sankara Matrimonials, authored a blog highlighting the Swathi murder case and made several remarks including calling men from other castes "loafers" who were attempting to bracket Brahmin girls for their "Higher Genetics" and being born a Brahmin is a rarity with inter-caste Marriages being a “Himalayan blunder”.