A man was arrested after CCTV footage proved him guilty of murdering his live-in partner by throwing her off a flyover.

The accused, identified as Sachin Baurasi (30), a resident of Jabran Colony in Neelganga area from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain, threw his girlfriend off the flyover at approximately 1.30 am on Wednesday and the woman's body was found later that morning under the Hari Phatak overbridge near the government Madhavganj School. The incident was captured in the CCTV camera installed on the bridge, which helped the police identify the accused. "During the investigation, police seized footage from the CCTV cameras installed on the bridge. The accused was seen strolling with the victim on the bridge at about 1.30am on Wednesday. Then they sat at a spot on the flyover for sometime before the two were seen strolling again and the man was seen suddenly lifting the woman with his both hands and throwing her off the bridge. The man confessed to having committed the crime during interrogation and said that Kajal, who also belonged to Ujjain, and he had been living as live-in partners for the past two years," the police said, according to a report by a news agency.

The police also mentioned that the accused did so as he believed that she had an affair with another man. "The accused believed that the woman had an affair with another man. Hence, he decided to kill her. He chose the time and spot to kill her while believing that nobody would see him commit the crime," the police reportedly further added.