Bengaluru crime: Spurned lover fatally slits college girl's throat near city's Mantri Mall

Bengaluru: A man in his early 20s is on the run after allegedly slitting the throat of a college student he had been stalking, in broad daylight in the heart of Bengaluru on Thursday.

Police said the suspect, riding a two-wheeler, tailed the 20-year-old student while she was returning home from college. Around 2.15 pm, he accosted her near an Indira Canteen behind the Mantri Sampige Square mall, pulled a knife, slit her throat and rode off.

The girl's screams drew local residents, who rushed to the scene. She died on the spot.

Yamini Priya

Police have identified the deceased as Yamini Priya, a BPharma student at a private college in Banashankari.

Police investigations show that the suspect had been stalking her for the past few days and had proposed to her. However, she refused his advances, angering him.

"We have identified the suspect. He came on a motorbike and attacked her with a knife," a police officer said.

The body has been shifted to Victoria Hospital for post-mortem.