Indore, Feb. 17 -- Indore police arrested a 24-year-old MBA student for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, raping her dead body, and later attempting to contact her spirit through tantric rituals after fleeing to Mumbai, officials said.

The accused, identified as Piyush Dhamanodia, was apprehended from Mumbai's Andheri area on February 14, a day after the body of the woman was recovered from his flat in the Dwarkapuri police station limits of Indore. The deceased had been reported missing on February 11. Her body was found on February 13 after neighbours alerted police about a foul smell emanating from the flat.

According to DCP Zone 4 Krishnalal Chandani, Piyush, a resident of Mandsaur and a second-year MBA student, was in a relations...