New Delhi:
An Indian man wished in reference to a lethal New 12 months’s Eve stabbing of his ex-roommate in the US has been taken into custody after fleeing to India, police have confirmed. Arjun Sharma (26), the suspect within the homicide of Nikitha Godishala (27), was tracked right down to a flat in Agra by a staff from Hyderabad police in the course of the investigation of a dishonest case registered primarily based on a criticism lodged by the sufferer’s father, Anand Godishala.
Godishala, a resident of Ellicott Metropolis in America, was reported lacking on January 2. Howard County police stated that she was discovered lifeless with stab wounds within the Columbia, Maryland, condo of her ex-roommate, Arjun Sharma.
The Howard County Police Division introduced that it has been notified by worldwide authorities that Sharma is now in custody in India and is anticipated to be extradited to the US. However police didn’t have a timeline for his return.
Police described Sharma as Godishala’s ex-boyfriend, however her father informed the media that the 2 had been roommates and that he believed her killing was financially motivated.
The US police had obtained a warrant for Sharma’s arrest on first- and second-degree homicide costs, alleging that he killed her and fled to India.
Case in India
Godishala’s household was formally knowledgeable by authorities in India on January 4 that Nikitha had sustained a number of stab wounds and that her loss of life is believed to have occurred on December 31, 2025.
The dishonest case was registered in Telangana in opposition to Sharma in April following a criticism that he had cheated the lady after taking cash from her and didn’t return it, a Hyderabad police official stated.
“Throughout the investigation, after getting sure clues, a police staff was despatched to Agra, which caught the accused in a flat, and a discover was issued to him (in reference to the dishonest case). Since a case was already registered in opposition to him within the US and an NBW was pending, the central authorities had been knowledgeable,” the official informed information company PTI.
Sharma was then produced earlier than the Patiala Home Court docket in New Delhi by the central companies, which remanded him on August 25 in reference to the homicide case, the official additional stated.
Godishala had been residing within the US for the final 4 years and was working as an information and technique analyst there. Her household, which stays in Hyderabad, welcomed Sharma’s arrest in Delhi as an vital breakthrough.
In line with info communicated to the household and subsequent courtroom proceedings, Sharma was arrested following the execution of non-bailable warrants and was taken into custody by a Delhi courtroom, a press release from the household learn.
In line with her dad and mom, Sharma misplaced his employment round August–September 2025 and subsequently borrowed cash from Godishala and her relations. They are saying monetary disputes involving cash allegedly owed to Nikitha existed earlier than her loss of life and that Sharma additionally had monetary dealings with others in the US, the assertion added.
