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The household of Nikitha Godishala, an Indian nationalist recovered dormant successful the U.S., has called for the contiguous issuance of an planetary apprehension warrant against the superior suspect, who is believed to person fled to India.
Godishala's kin are successful interaction with the U.S. authorities to bring her mortal remains to Hyderabad.
The 27 year-old pistillate of Ellicott City successful America was reported missing connected January 2. Howard County constabulary had said that she was recovered dormant with stab wounds successful the Columbia, Maryland flat of her ex-roommate, Arjun Sharma, 26.
The U.S. constabulary person obtained a warrant for Sharma's apprehension connected archetypal and second-degree execution charges, alleging that helium killed her and fled to India.
"He (Arjun Sharma) should beryllium arrested by issuing an planetary apprehension warrant and punished sternly," a household subordinate told PTI connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026).
Nikitha's begetter Anand and mother, who is simply a bosom patient, person been successful grief since they came to cognize astir the tragedy, helium said.
The process of repatriation of the assemblage is underway.
The household got successful interaction with Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy, who had said that helium spoke to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to repatriate the assemblage to India.
According to the victim's father, Nikitha came to cognize that Sharma had taken loans from galore radical and was readying to permission for India.
The fishy had called Nikitha connected the pretext of repaying the indebtedness earlier "killing" her.
The Indian Embassy successful Washington DC is providing consular enactment and is successful interaction with Godishala’s family.
Nikitha, elder girl of Anand, was surviving successful the U.S. for the past 4 years and was employed arsenic a Data and Strategy Analyst astatine Vheda Health aft completing her MS successful the U.S.
