HE stabbed his girlfriend to death in a hotel room and stayed with the body throughout the night, Malaysia Nanban repor-ted.
The man, identified as Aarav Harni, was said to have checked into the hotel on Nov 23 in Bengalaru, which is the capital city of India’s southern Karnataka state.
His girlfriend was last seen entering the room with him.
Apparently, the couple spent the entire day and night in the room without leaving.
The next day, only Aarav was seen departing from the hotel.
A day later, hotel workers grew suspicious of an odour coming from the room.
Upon investigating, they were shocked to find the young woman murdered.
Police who reviewed the CCTV footage confirmed that nobody other than Aarav and his girlfriend had entered or left the room.
Aarav is reported to have gone into hiding after leaving the hotel.
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