Goa, Oct. 30 -- A 26-year-old former marketing executive from Bengaluru has been arrested for brutally murdering his girlfriend's seven-year-old daughter, allegedly because she "interrupted" his private time with her mother.

The accused, Darshan Kumar Yadav, was tracked down and arrested on Monday evening near Tumakuru Road after being on the run for a day. The victim, Siri S, a Class 2 student from a government school in Ramasandra village near Kengeri, lived with her mother Shilpa S K and her foster mother, as per a report by The Times of India.

Police said Darshan, who earlier worked with a paints company, was in a relationship with Shilpa, a business development officer at a private firm. Shilpa had separated from her husband, Balaj...