India, Jan. 5 -- Indian woman Nikitha Godishala was found dead with stab wounds inside an apartment in Columbia, Maryland, on January 3. The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Arjun Sharma, who according to the Howard County police, fled to India after reporting her ex-girlfriend as missing. The police found Godishala's body in his residence in Maryland.

Sharma has been charged with first-degree and second-degree murder.

Speaking to ANI in Hyderabad, Telangana, Godishala's father, Anand Godishala, stated that his daughter went to Columbia four years ago and was working there.

According to Godishala's father, Arjun Sharma was his daughter's ex-roommate who used to borrow money from her. He further alleged that when Nikitha reque...