Student allegedly murdered by roommate in Austin, Texas

According to information reaching the family of Sankeerth (25)in Hyderabad on Tuesday, he was murdered in his room in Austin, Texas late on July 18.

Police detained Sai Sandeep Goud, one of the roommates of the victim and were questioning him.

Another room-mate of Sankeerth told police that Sankeerth had a quarrel with Goud.

Sankeerth had gone to the US two and a half years ago for studying Master of Science programme and after completing the education, had joined a job in Austin three months ago.

Goud had reportedly checked into his room early this month.

Sankeerth's father G. Vijaykumar, a government employee and mother Ramadevi were shocked on receiving the news.

A pall of gloom descended on their house located at Badi Chowdi in Sultan Bazar.

Relatives said they were making efforts to bring home the body by the weekend.

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In the third reported Austin homicide since Saturday, a man died Monday after an apparent stabbing, police said.

Officers encountered two men attempting to carry a man into a car with what appeared to be a stab wound in his abdomen around 3:15 a.m. at the Colonial Village at Quarry Oaks apartment complex in North Austin near McNeil Drive and Parmer Lane.

Austin-Travis County EMS medics arrived and took the man — whose identity has not yet been released — to a Round Rock hospital, where he later died, police said. An autopsy is pending.

A few hours later, officers charged Sai Sandeep Goud Kurremula, 27, with murder in connection with the man’s death, police said.

Kurremula is currently in Travis County Jail, records show.

The incident is the third reported killing in Austin since Sunday, according to police. 

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