Ludhiana, April 4 -- A spa centre employee was stabbed to death by a man in Bhai Himmat Singh Nagar, Dugri, on Thursday afternoon following a heated argument, police said.

The accused, identified as Simarjit Singh, 32, from Malerkotla, was allegedly forcing the woman to marry him, but she had repeatedly rejected his advances.

The victim, Akwinder Kaur, 33, a resident of Bool village in Dehlon and a mother of two, succumbed to her injuries at a nearby hospital where onlookers had rushed her after the attack.

Police have arrested the accused and sent the body for post-mortem to a civil hospital while informing the victim's family.

According to eyewitnesses, Simarjit pulled out a sharp-edged weapon and stabbed Akwinder in the neck, leavi...