"A 21-year-old Komal Kashyap was murdered late at night. Her body was found in the Kukrail forest in the capital Lucknow metropolitan area. The girl was strangled to death with her dupatta. The accused fled from the spot after leaving her body there," a police official said.
The victim, a class-12 student, lived with her mother and younger brother in a rented house in the same area where the accused lives.
The two were in touch, but the exact reason behind the girl's murder is not known yet, they said.