West Bengal: Jilted lover kills college student in broad daylight

The West Bengal Police have arrested the accused who brutally murdered a girl student of the Berhampore college in the Murshidabad district of the state.

According to reports, the girl was allegedly stabbed to death by her jilted lover. He used a sharp object to murder the girl in full public view.

The state police said that the third-year student was killed outside the college mess by her ex-boyfriend on Monday.

Meanwhile, police arrested the accused and seized a gun from his possession.

"A Botany Honours third-year student of Berhampore College, Murshidabad, was assaulted by a sharp cutting weapon by an unknown assailant at around 6.30 pm (on Monday) outside the college mess," Superintendent of Police, Murshidabad, Sabari Raj Kumar, said while speaking to reporters.

He further told that the victim was immediately shifted to the medical college by the police where the doctors pronounced her dead.

However, the police nabbed the accused from a mini truck he was hiding in from Shamsherganj in the Jangipur police jurisdiction.

"1 Accused, 3 District Police, 4 Hours. With effective blockades along NH 34. Malda, Jangipur, and Murshidabad police coordinated excellently to nab the accused in a case of assaulting a woman," Bengal police tweeted.

-With ANI inputs

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