Balaghat, Nov. 11 -- A man allegedly brutally killed a young woman by slitting her throat with a sharp-edged weapon in broad daylight in Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat district on Tuesday morning, police said.

The incident occurred in Aamgaon village under the jurisdiction of Baihar police station limits in the district at around 10 am on Tuesday. According to police, the victim was identified as Ritu Bhandarkar (22), and the accused as Rohit Sarve, who claimed himself as her lover.

After slashing her throat, the accused was sitting beside her body, and the police took him into custody upon reaching the spot, the police said.

Baihar Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Adarsh Kant Shukla told ANI, "On Tuesday morning, we received infor...