A 17-year-old girl has been taken into custody on charges of stabbing her fiance in the neck on the pretext of making Instagram Reels with him in Karnataka’s Haveri district, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred near Om Public School on the outskirts of Ranebennur town.

The seriously injured victim, identified as Devendra Gouda, was rushed to a private hospital and his condition is said to be serious. According to the police, the girl hatched the plan as she was in love with someone else.