A 21-year-old man was arrested for murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend. Investigation revealed that he forced her to consume poison to prove that she did not have an affair with another man, a Times of India report read.

Chikkaballapura superintendent of police (SP) Abhinav Khare was quoted as saying that they arrested Venkatesh Kumar of Kamalapura villa after he confessed to the crime.