Bengaluru, Oct. 17 -- A 20-year-old woman was murdered near the railway tracks behind Mantri Mall in Malleswaram on Wednesday afternoon, police said on Thursday, adding that they suspect it was an act of revenge after the woman rejected his romantic advances.

The victim, a pharmacy student, identified as Yamini Priya, had left home early in the morning to attend her college exams.

According to police, on her way back home at around 2:30 pm, a man approached the woman from behind and slit her throat before fleeing on a motorcycle.

Deputy commissioner of police (North) Siddu Nema Gowda said that preliminary evidence indicates a personal motive.

"The incident took place around 2:30 pm when the girl was walking home along the railway trac...