India, June 24 -- A 25-year-old software engineer accused of killing three members of her family in Bengaluru told investigators that years of restrictions on her personal life and opposition to her relationship with her live in partner drove her to commit the killings, according to police, who arrested her within 24 hours of the attack and are searching for her alleged accomplice.

The woman was taken into custody near Puducherry railway station on Tuesday, while Kenneth, her partner, remains absconding. Police allege the pair carried out the killings inside the family's apartment at Sai Green Homes in Dominic Layout, Seegehalli, on Monday night before fleeing.

Investigators say the case centres on a prolonged dispute between the accuse...