New Delhi: A doctor, who allegedly killed his former colleague and flatmate after learning she was about to leave the city, was arrested from Roorkee while he was trying to end his life. The accused, Chandra Prakash Verma, 27, was consumed by guilt over killing Garima Mishra and tried to end his life in Haridwar and Roorkee but was unsuccessful, they said.

Verma was arrested by a team of Delhi Police's crime branch in the morning while he was trying to jump into the Ganga Nahar in Roorkee. He confessed to killing Mishra, 25, and said he was "over possessive" about her but she showed no interest in him, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) G Ram Gopal Naik said. Police used his call records and WhatsApp activities to trace him. The body of Mishra, a medical practitioner, was found with her throat slit at her rented accommodation late Tuesday night. The autopsy report revealed that she was throttled and smothered after being stabbed.