bengaluru a 23yearold woman was raped and smothered to death allegedly by her spurned lover at the formers residence near wilson garden on tuesdayfearing arrest the suspect manoj 24 from magadi attempted suicide and has been admitted to a hospital police said adding that he is recovering and will be arrested once dischargedmanoj and the woman came to know each other while they were colleagues at a medical agency about three years ago when manoj proposed to her she turned it down and the duo lost touch after both left the companypolice said about a year ago manoj and the woman once again got connected this time through facebook messenger when the suspect again expressed his love for the woman she reacted positively but did not agree to a physical relationship the woman later ended the relationship saying she would not be able to go against her parents wishrecently manoj got upset after the womans parents arranged her marriage elsewhere and got her engaged a police officer told toi while the victims parents were away on tuesday manoj barged into her home to convince her to leave the man she was engaged to and marry him instead the girl once again told manoj that she would not be able to act against her parents wish and told him to leave her alone angered by her response the suspect raped her and inflicted injuries to her private parts later he smothered her to death using a pillow before fleeing once the womans parents returned home they found her dead and filed a complaint at wilson garden police station the victims identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault