Hyderabad: Family and friends gathered in Hyderabad on Friday, January 9, to bid a tearful adieu to Nikitha Godishala, the city-based woman who was allegedly murdered in the US last week.
The mortal remains of the 27-year-old woman were consigned to flames at a crematorium at Marredpally here, family sources said.
The remains arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad earlier in the day.
The family of Nikitha Godishala, a health professional, said in a statement on January 8 that the last rites would be conducted privately, with police protection sought to ensure dignity and order.
The family appealed to national and international media “to exercise responsible journalism, refrain from publishing unverified information, and cooperate with the investigation” so that justice may be served with due process and dignity.
Nikitha Godishala of Ellicott City in the US was reported missing on January 2. Howard County Police had said that she was found dead with stab wounds in the Columbia, Maryland, apartment of her ex-roommate, Arjun Sharma, 26.
The US Police have obtained a warrant for Sharma’s arrest on first and second-degree murder charges, alleging that he killed her and fled to India.
Her family lives in Tarnaka in Hyderabad.
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