India, July 1 -- A 24-year-old woman was stabbed to death by a man in front of her father at Pyndengumiong in Meghalaya's Eastern West Khasi Hills, police said. The victim and the accused were said to be in a relationship until recently.

Phyrnailin Kharsyntiew was walking with her father around 5:30pm on Monday when Roberto Marngar allegedly attacked her with a dagger from behind near a parking lot. The passerby managed to catch Marngar, hand him over to the police and rush Kharsyntiew to the hospital, where she died.

"We have registered a case of murder. The investigation is on to determine the full sequence of events and the motive," a police officer said. Preliminary probe suggested Kharsyntiew had ended her relationship with Marngar...