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A 28-year-old man was arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly killing his 25-year-old girlfriend by hitting her with an iron rod, at Malviya Nagar near Aurobindo College in South Delhi on Friday, 28 July.
The accused had allegedly “been planning the murder for three days and surrendered to the police hours after committing it," NDTV reported.
What happened? The woman's body was found under a bench at Vijay Mandal Park near Aurobindo College. The accused, identified as Irfan, allegedly killed the woman at around 12 pm on Friday, and ran away, leaving her in a pool of blood.
The iron rod, which is suspected to be the murder weapon, was retrieved from the crime scene, DCP South Delhi, Chandan Chowdhary, said.