Mangaluru, July 17 -- A 21-year-old woman was hacked to death with a sword in Karnataka's Bantwal town on the evening of July 16, police said.

Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Arun K said the accused, identified as Chetan, has been taken into custody.

According to the police, the accused, a relative of the victim, was allegedly driven by one-sided love and attacked the woman after she rejected his advances.

A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and further investigation is underway.

"Yesterday evening around 6 p.m., within the Bantwal town police station limits, there was a murder. A 21-year-old girl, Lavanya, was hacked to death with a sword by an unknown person. According...