India, Oct. 30 -- A 26-year-old former marketing executive in Bengaluru has been arrested by the Kumbalagudu police for brutally killing his girlfriend's seven-year-old daughter, allegedly because she was "interrupting" his private time with her mother.

The accused, identified as 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, was a Class 2 student at a government school in Ramasandra village near Kengeri. She lived with her mother, Shilpa S K, and her foster mother, as per a report by The Times of India (TOI).

Police said Darshan, who earlier worked with a paints company, was in a relationship with Shilpa, a business development officer at a p...