Chandigarh Police has arrested a 25-year-old Bihar native for allegedly strangulating to death an 18-year-old school student at her residence in Burail here, police said on Wednesday.
According to the police, the accused, identified as Mohammed Sharik, is married and was allegedly pressuring the girl to be in an extramarital relationship with him.
When the victim, who was 18 years old, became aware of his married status, she refused to entertain him and stopped talking. According to police, the man was enraged by this and allegedly killed her.
Officials said that they arrested the accused at the Sector-43 bus stand while he was trying to escape after the murder.
The class 12 student lived with her mother and younger brother in a rented house in the same area where the accused lives.
The two were in touch, but the exact reason behind the girl’s murder is not known yet, police said.
The incident was reported on 19 November, when the victim’s brother had gone to school and her mother, who works as domestic help, had gone out for work.
Upon his return home in the afternoon, the deceased’s brother found the door of the house open and found her lying unconscious on the bed.
He called up his mother, and the girl was taken to a hospital with the help of their neighbors, where doctors declared her dead.
Following this, the police were informed, and the body was sent for a post-mortem examination.
