Bengaluru: Two men were arrested in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old college student, police said.

The main accused, Vignesh (28), a neighbour of the victim, allegedly killed her out of anger and frustration after she rejected his marriage proposal, police said on Friday.

The victim was found murdered with her throat slit near a railway track here.

The incident occurred at around 2.30 pm on October 16, when Yamini Priya, a first-year pharmacy student and resident of Swatantra Palya, was returning home from college.

Vignesh reportedly approached her and insisted that she marry him. When she refused, he allegedly attacked her with a sharp weapon, causing fatal injuries.

Based on a complaint filed by the victim’s father, a murder case was registered at the Shrirampura police

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