A man allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death in Gurugram on Saturday and then, surrendered to the police, police said on Sunday.

According to the police, they received information about the murder of a 22-year-old woman in a PG located in Tikri village, on Saturday night, and a police team, along with forensic science and fingerprint teams reached the spot.

“At the spot, the woman’s body was found lying in a pool of blood. Stabbing marks were found on her head and neck. The post-mortem examination was also conducted,” a senior police officer said.

The man came to the Sadar police station and told the policemen on duty that he had killed his girlfriend.

Both the accused and the deceased hailed from Maharashtra’s Akola district.

The accused told the police that she had filed a rape case against him in Maharashtra and was blackmailing him. She came to Gurugram in this connection, a quarrel broke out between them, and he killed her in a fit of rage, he said.

“Both the accused and deceased were in a love affair and the woman had filed a rape case against the accused in Maharashtra last year,” said Inspector Arjun Dev, SHO of Sadar Police Station.

“The accused claimed that the woman was blackmailing him, but it is a matter of investigation. The accused was produced in a city court and sent into judicial custody,” he added.