The Nayapalli police arrested a youth on Monday for allegedly having sexual relationship with a young woman making a false promise of marriage and threatening to kill her.
According to police, the youth identified as Janmejaya Mishra (29) of the Naugaon area in Jagatsinghpur district was in live-in relationship with the female colleague of a private organisation he was employed in Bhubaneswar.
Police quoting the victim girl said they had fallen in love three years back and later stayed together in a rented house at IRC Village here. Janmejaya developed a physical relation with her on promise of marriage.
However, when the girl insisted on marriage, the accused threatened to kill her, the police said.