Bengaluru (PTI): A 40-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times, leading to her death, allegedly by her male friend, for pressuring him to marry her, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place near Pillanna Garden in the K G Halli Police Station limits on Friday, they said.

The victim was a divorcee and was in a relationship with the accused, a 43-year-old married man, who has been arrested.

According to police, they were both in "secret relationship" for some time now, and the issue cropped up between the two, when she started pressuring him to marry her, an idea to which he opposed.

While the woman, a domestic help, was returning from work on Friday, the accused had called her to the place where the incident took place, on the pretext of wanting to talk to her, they said.

Police said the accused allegedly stabbed her multiple times with a knife, before fleeing the spot.

Passers-by rushed her to a hospital, but she succumbed to her injuries, they said, adding that a case has been registered at the K G Halli police station.

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Afzalpur: A 24-year-old police constable Dhareppa died as the motorbike he was riding went out of control and toppled on the road while traveling near Gobbur B village on Saturday morning.

Dhareppa, learned to be a resident of Shirawala village, was reportedly traveling back home to the village from Kalaburagi when the accident occurred and the bike fell on the road.

The police constable, who was grievously injured in the accident, is said to have died on the spot.

Aland Deputy Superintendent of Police Thammaraya Patil, Circle Inspector Lakhan Masaguppi and Devalagangapura Sub-inspector Sangeetha Shinde visited the accident spot and inspected it.

A case has been registered and investigation is underway.