A youth was arrested by the City police on Sunday for allegedly murdering his lover in a hotel room in Thampanoor.
The Thampanoor police arrested Praveen, 30, of Kottapuram in Paravur, Kollam, in connection with the death of Gayathri Devi, 25, of Veeranakavu near Kattakada.
According to the police, the unmarried couple had checked into the room on Saturday morning. The hotel staff had sensed something amiss when Praveen allegedly called the reception on the land phone to inform them of Gayathri’s death around midnight. It later came to light that Praveen had left the hotel much earlier.
