<p>Bengaluru: Days after the body of a 17-year-old girl stuffed inside a suitcase was found on the outskirts of Bengaluru, seven people were arrested and a minor boy from Bihar was apprehended in connection with the murder, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>After strangling her, the accused stuffed the body inside a suitcase and dumped it near the railway tracks in Chandapura, close to Anekal, on May 21, they said.</p>.<p>Citing a preliminary investigation, a senior police officer said that the girl, who hailed from Bihar, came to Bengaluru on May 18 after being lured into a relationship by Ashiq Kumar, a factory helper, who is already married and has two children.</p>.Man dead, wife injured after BMTC bus hits scooter.<p>During interrogation, the accused claimed that he had a heated argument with the girl and was intoxicated at that time. The argument turned violent and in a fit of rage, he strangled her at a relative’s home in Bommanahalli on the night of May 20. After the murder, he, with the help of other accused, allegedly stuffed her body into a suitcase.</p>.<p>Later, they used one of the accused Mukesh's car to transport the body and dumped the suitcase near Chandapura railway bridge, the officer said.</p>.<p>Following the incident, the accused fled to Bihar from where they were later traced and nabbed by the police.</p>.<p>"A case of murder was registered. We have arrested seven accused and apprehended a minor boy. The exact motive behind the murder is being probed. Further investigation is underway," the officer added.</p>.<p>The victim's father, a daily wage labourer, has two wives and seven daughters. She was the second daughter of her father’s first wife, police added.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Days after the body of a 17-year-old girl stuffed inside a suitcase was found on the outskirts of Bengaluru, seven people were arrested and a minor boy from Bihar was apprehended in connection with the murder, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>After strangling her, the accused stuffed the body inside a suitcase and dumped it near the railway tracks in Chandapura, close to Anekal, on May 21, they said.</p>.<p>Citing a preliminary investigation, a senior police officer said that the girl, who hailed from Bihar, came to Bengaluru on May 18 after being lured into a relationship by Ashiq Kumar, a factory helper, who is already married and has two children.</p>.Man dead, wife injured after BMTC bus hits scooter.<p>During interrogation, the accused claimed that he had a heated argument with the girl and was intoxicated at that time. The argument turned violent and in a fit of rage, he strangled her at a relative’s home in Bommanahalli on the night of May 20. After the murder, he, with the help of other accused, allegedly stuffed her body into a suitcase.</p>.<p>Later, they used one of the accused Mukesh's car to transport the body and dumped the suitcase near Chandapura railway bridge, the officer said.</p>.<p>Following the incident, the accused fled to Bihar from where they were later traced and nabbed by the police.</p>.<p>"A case of murder was registered. We have arrested seven accused and apprehended a minor boy. The exact motive behind the murder is being probed. Further investigation is underway," the officer added.</p>.<p>The victim's father, a daily wage labourer, has two wives and seven daughters. She was the second daughter of her father’s first wife, police added.</p>