A constable posted at the Bansjor Police Station in Simdega district in neighbouring Jharkhand surrendered before the Biramitrapur police near here after allegedly killing a girl in the Kapilas area late on Wednesday night.
Jitendra Oram surrendered owning responsibility for the crime, sources said.
According to reports, the accused cop had a relationship with the victim. After going steady for a while, the girl asked him for marriage. However, the lover turned down the proposal, following which the relationship between them turned sour.
On Wednesday, Oram called the girl to a secluded place and allegedly killed her by slitting her throat. The blood-stained body with injury marks on the neck was found in the Kapilas area near
Biramitrapur on the outskirts of the steel city.
Oram is a resident of Kuladhipa village under the Biramitrapur police limits.
The accused was detained at the police station and being interrogated. Besides, the girl’s family members were also being questioned at the police station.