New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- A brutal murder over a botched romance has rocked Chhattisgarh, with the Raipur police uncovering a tale of love, betrayal and violence after the discovery of a young man's body on Sunday.

The murder came to light after police recovered 20-year-old Mohammed Saddam's body from a lodge in Raipur, where he was found with his throat slit and stabbed multiple times, allegedly by his 16-year-old pregnant girlfriend.

Identified as a native of Bihar who was working as an MS Engineering officer in Abhanpur, Saddam met his 16-year-old girlfriend at the Avon Lodge in Raipur on Saturday after the latter travelled to the city from Bilaspur.

Although the couple checked into the lodge on Saturday, things took a deadly turn on S...