<p>A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill a girl after she rejected his attempts to be in a romantic relationship in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said on Friday.</p>.<p>The police said accused Aman Madheshiya and the girl were studying in the same college in Vasai, on the outskirts of Mumbai, and were friends.</p>.<p>The official said the accused once slapped the girl in the college after she rejected his proposal and action was taken against him by the college management.</p>.<p>Quoting the girl’s complaint, the official said that Madheshiya visited the girl’s house on Monday when she was alone. He tried to make advances but she once again rejected them.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-man-held-for-assaulting-girlfriend-for-refusing-to-get-intimate-at-public-place-1224222.html">Mumbai man held for assaulting girlfriend for refusing to get intimate at public place</a></strong></p>.<p>The accused then dragged her to the bathroom and tried to strangulate her to death. He later fled the scene after snatching her mobile phone, the official said.</p>.<p>After regaining consciousness, the girl raised an alarm and sought help from neighbours.</p>.<p>On a complaint by her parents, the Valiv police station in Vasai arrested Madheshiya on Wednesday, the official said.</p>.<p>The girl is being treated in a local hospital, he added.</p>
<p>A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill a girl after she rejected his attempts to be in a romantic relationship in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said on Friday.</p>.<p>The police said accused Aman Madheshiya and the girl were studying in the same college in Vasai, on the outskirts of Mumbai, and were friends.</p>.<p>The official said the accused once slapped the girl in the college after she rejected his proposal and action was taken against him by the college management.</p>.<p>Quoting the girl’s complaint, the official said that Madheshiya visited the girl’s house on Monday when she was alone. He tried to make advances but she once again rejected them.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-man-held-for-assaulting-girlfriend-for-refusing-to-get-intimate-at-public-place-1224222.html">Mumbai man held for assaulting girlfriend for refusing to get intimate at public place</a></strong></p>.<p>The accused then dragged her to the bathroom and tried to strangulate her to death. He later fled the scene after snatching her mobile phone, the official said.</p>.<p>After regaining consciousness, the girl raised an alarm and sought help from neighbours.</p>.<p>On a complaint by her parents, the Valiv police station in Vasai arrested Madheshiya on Wednesday, the official said.</p>.<p>The girl is being treated in a local hospital, he added.</p>