New Delhi: A girl student studying in a Delhi college was found dead, police said. Upon investigation, Delhi Police found her head smashed with an iron rod.
Later probe showed, the girl, identified as Nargis, was killed by her own cousin, Irfan, for refusing to marry him.
According to the police, Nargis is a student of the Kamala Nehru College. The incident took place at a park near Delhi's Aurobindo College in Delhi's Malviya Nagar.
The accused, 28-year-old Irfan, attacked the girl near the college, police said.
"We received information that the body of a 25-year-old girl was found near Aurbindo College in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar", South Delhi DCP Chandan Choudhary is quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
"She had come to the park with her friend. There are injuries on the deceased's head. An iron rod was found near her body," she added.
The accused was initially on the run, but later arrested by the police.
"The accused has been arrested", Malviya Nagar Police said.
He told the police that the victim refused his marriage proposal, prompting him to kill her.
The family sources said the girl's parents had refused to marry her with Irfan since he was not earning well.
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