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Days aft 27-year-old Indian pistillate from Secunderabad, Nikitha Godishala, was recovered dormant with stab wounds astatine her friend’s flat successful Maryland successful the United States, the victim’s household issued a connection seeking “to spot verified facts connected grounds and dispel misinformation” surrounding her death.
In a video shared from a newly-created Instagram relationship titled ‘Justice for Nikitha Godishala’, the victim’s father, Anand Godishala, recounted the series of events starring up to the incidental and sought enactment from the authorities for repatriation and probe into the case.
Ms. Godishala was recovered dormant successful Maryland connected December 31, 2025. According to the family, U.S. authorities person informed them that Mr. Arjun Sharma, identified arsenic the premier fishy successful the case, filed a missing idiosyncratic study connected January 1, 2026, and near the United States for India the pursuing day. Ms. Godishala’s assemblage was aboriginal discovered astatine 10100 Twin Rivers Road successful Columbia, Maryland, which is Mr. Sharma’s residence, and her conveyance was besides recovered from the aforesaid location.
The household said that during the play Ms. Godishala was reported missing, unauthorised transactions were detected successful her slope account. They besides stated that Mr. Sharma had contacted her friends and household members aggregate times during this period, seeking fiscal assistance portion citing urgent idiosyncratic and fiscal difficulties.
The household has appealed for privateness and restraint from some the media and the public. “As the household mourns an irreparable loss, they respectfully petition privateness and restraint from the media and the public. The past rites volition beryllium conducted privately, with constabulary extortion sought to guarantee dignity and order,” the connection read.
In their statement, the household said they are moving intimately with the Indian Embassy successful the United States, the Ministry of External Affairs, and elder authorities authorities successful India, including External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, and the Chief Minister’s Office successful Hyderabad.
