Hyderabad, Dec. 11 -- The life of a 17-year-old girl was brutally cut short after she refused a marriage proposal.

The incident took place in Bapujinagar, Warasiguda on Monday, December 8.

Girl's throat slit in Hyderabad after marriage refusal

The accused, who is identified as 24-year-old Uma Shanker, had slit the throat of the girl, Jagada Pavitra, at her house in Bapujinagar.

After committing the crime, the accused fled the scene.

As per the reports, the girl, along with her parents Jagada Kantha Rao and Jagada Laxmi, had returned from Vijayawada on December 7.

On December 8, the accused entered the girl's house in Hyderabad in a drunken state and murdered her for not informing him before going to Vijayawada and for rejecting his ...