Hyderabad woman stabbed to death by Brazilian man in London
London,June 14 :A 27-year-old woman from Hyderabad, who was studying in the United Kingdom, was allegedly stabbed to death by a Brazilian man at her accommodation in London.
The woman, identified as Kontham Tejaswini Reddy from Champapet in Hyderabad, used to stay with her friends at a residential property in Neeld Crescent, Wembley in London. Police said that on Tuesday, the suspect attacked Reddy and her roommate with a knife. While Reddy succumbed to her injuries, her 28-year-old friend sustained minor injuries.
Police have arrested two men in connection with the murder. The Metropolitan Police had earlier released an image of Brazilian national Keven Antonio Lourenco De Morais to seek the public’s help in tracing the suspect behind the attack. The 23-year-old man has now been arrested in Harrow, near the crime scene of Neeld Crescent in Wembley.
“Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service, and two women were treated for stab injuries. Despite the efforts of emergency services, a 27-year-old woman sadly died at the scene. Her next of kin have yet to be informed,” the police said in a statement.
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A post-mortem examination is scheduled, following which the police are expected to formally release her identity.
Tejaswini’s family members, who live in the Hayathnagar area of Hyderabad, said they received the information that she was “attacked” in the flat. “We came to know about the incident this morning. We don’t know when it happened. We received the information that she is in a serious condition and in the hospital,” Tejaswini’s father told a news channel.
Tejaswini had gone to London three years ago and had completed her Master of Science course there, her father said.
Tejaswini’s father said she came to Hyderabad in August last year and went back to London in September. She was supposed to come to Hyderabad in May this year, he said, adding, “We were planning to get her married. She said she would return after the alliance is finalized. She had resigned from her temporary job and said she would come back after working for another month.”
Her uncle requested the government to make necessary arrangements to bring her body from the UK to Hyderabad.
-PTI
