PRAYAGRAJ, April 26 -- A BA second-year student was allegedly gang-raped and strangulated to death in a hotel room near Bhagwa Chungi on Naya Malgodown Road, Pratapgarh, on Friday night. The body was discovered with a dupatta tied around her neck, hours after her boyfriend allegedly locked the room from outside and fled, police said.

According to police, the girl, a resident of a village in Pratapgarh, had checked into the hotel with her friend on Friday morning. CCTV footage reportedly showed the two entering the premises together. Around 2 pm, the man allegedly locked the room and left. When hotel staff received no response from inside the room later that night, they opened the door with a duplicate key and found the girl lying dead on...