LUCKNOW, May 19 -- Jealousy over a former girlfriend's growing friendship with another man allegedly led a 23-year-old man to kill a 22-year-old woman near the Utrethia railway line on the outskirts of Lucknow, police said on Tuesday after solving the case.

Police identified the accused as Prem Kumar Manjhi, who was arrested by the Sushant Golf City Police and a surveillance team from under the Sector-8 underpass on Shaheed Path. An uncemented brick allegedly used in the crime was also recovered, said ADCP (South) Vasanth Rallapalli.

According to police, the victim Shivani, a resident of Eldeco Udyan-2, had been in a relationship with the accused for around six years. Investigators said tensions had been rising in recent months after sh...