A woman was found dead in US flat. 8 months later, ‘ex-boyfriend’ nabbed in Agra

On January 2, Arjun Sharma informed the police in Maryland City, US, that his ex-girlfriend had been missing since New Year's Eve. The following day, authorities discovered the body of 27-year-old Nikitha Rao Godishala inside Sharma's apartment in Secunderabad. By then, the 26-year-old had already fled the country. Her father contacted Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, urging the Ministry of External Affairs to work with US authorities to obtain a Red Corner notice for Sharma's arrest. "He fled to India and is hiding somewhere," he claimed.

Nearly eight months later, Sharma was apprehended from a residence in Agra after receiving a tip from officials at the Lalaguda Police Station in Hyderabad. A non-bailable warrant was issued against him after his father filed a cheating case, leading to the registration of an FIR based on allegations that Sharma had cheated Godishala after receiving a substantial sum of money and refusing to return it.

Inspector B Ravi Kiran explained that the warrant ensured they continued searching for him, as they had learned of his departure to India following the murder. Sharma has now been produced before the Patiala House Court in New Delhi, which handles extradition cases, and the US has requested his return under the India-US Extradition Treaty.