Mumbai, Oct 6 (PTI) A 17-year-old collegian was killed allegedly by her friend in Palghar in Maharashtra on Friday for refusing his marriage proposal, a police official said.

The incident took place in the afternoon in Mokhada area, some 100 kilometres from here, when the victim, a Class XII student in a junior college here, was going to have lunch with her female friend, the official said.

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"Archana Udar, a resident of Pimpalpada, was killed with a sharp weapon by 23-year-old Prabhakar Waghare, who was in a one-sided relationship with her for the past two years," he said.

"Waghare found out the girl had received a marriage proposal some 10 days ago and was distressed since. When he proposed to her and she refused, Waghare slit her throat with a knife. Udar was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival," the official said.

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Waghare, who has been charged with murder, escaped from the spot and efforts are on to nab him, the Mokhada police station official said.

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