Mumbai, August 1: A youth has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly killing his girlfriend after suspecting her of cheating on him. Hailing from New Delhi, Salman Shaikh, on Monday night, reportedly stabbed his girlfriend Reshma 14 times and dumped her body at the Oval Ground in Mumbai's Churchgate.

According to police, Reshma's body was found lying in a pool of blood at Oval Maidan on Tuesday morning. She was rushed to the GT Hospital where she was declared dead.

According to a TOI report, Umar Sheikh, Reshma's father suspected Salman had something to do with the crime. He reportedly said that Salman called them up at 9:30 pm on Monday to ask if Reshma had reached, adding that he had dropped Reshma at Oval Maidan after a tiff. Sheikh said that they called Salman home and asked him what had happened. Following this Salman accompanied Reshma's family to the police station to file a missing person's complaint and to avoid suspicion on him.

Salman, who was last seen with Reshma, was taken into custody and interrogated by the police on which he reportedly confessed to the crime. “We asked him how he left her alone late at night, and he started faltering. We then questioned him intensively, and he ultimately confessed to having stabbed Nasreen to death as he suspected her of cheating on him,” said senior police inspector Vasant Wakhare, Azad Maidan Police Station, as quoted by The Hindu.

Salman will be produced in court on Wednesday where the police will seek his custody for further interrogation into Reshma's murder.

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