India, Oct. 17 -- A 20-year-old college student was brutally murdered in Karnataka's Bengaluru after she allegedly rejected the advances of a stalker, police said on Thursday.

Police said the accused, who has been identified and is believed to be from the same locality, allegedly slit her throat with a knife and fled the spot. A massive manhunt has been launched to arrest him, PTI reported.

The victim, Yamini Priya, a resident of Swatantra Palya, was a B Pharma student at a private college in Banashankari. According to police, the incident occurred while she was on her way home.

The victim was attacked near the railway tracks under Srirampura police limits while she was on her way home from college. The suspect, who allegedly came on a...