Techie murdered by flatmate in US

Narsapur ex-MLA Gundam Veeraiah’s grandson, 25-year-old techie G. Sankirth from Hyderabad, was stabbed to death by another Hyderabadi in Austin, Texas, on Monday.

Sources said Sankirth, an MNC employee, and his roo-mmate Sai Sandeep Goud Kurremula had a quarrel early on Monday morning that led to Sandeep killing him. The Austin police has arrested the suspect. Praneeth, another roommate of theirs’, was a witness to the murder.

Sandeep had gone to Austin 15 days ago and had been living in Sankirth’s apartment. Praneeth, who spoke to the victim’s family, said that Sandeep was drunk when he attacked Sankirth, but he was not aware of the motive or what had provoked the altercation. He claimed that he was sleeping in another room in the apartment when he heard noises. When he came out of the room, he saw Sankirth in a pool of blood with a serious injury in his stomach.

According to the Austin police, they received an alert at 3.13 am from residents of Colonial Village. “Austin police officers responded to a disturbance at Quarry Oaks Apartment complex. Upon arrival, officers encountered two men attempting to load a male victim into a car. It appeared the male victim had suffered a stab wound to his abdomen. Emergency medical services personnel arrived and transported the male to Round Rock Hosp-ital, where he later died,” said an official release from the Austin police.

Praneeth claimed that after he found Sankirth injured, he tried to rush him to hospital in a car with the help of Sai Sandeep, it was then that the police arrived and took both of them into custody.