NEW DELHI, June 14: A 27-year-old woman from Hyderabad, who was pursuing higher education in London, was reportedly murdered at her residence in Neeld Crescent, Wembley.
The deceased, Kontham Tejaswini Reddy, of Champapet in Hyderabad, was a student of University of Nottingham and was staying with her friends. She had gone to the UK to pursue a Master’s last March. Tejaswini was allegedly attacked by her Brazilian flatmate at her home around 10 am British Summer Time (BST) on Tuesday.
While Tejaswini died on the spot, the Metropolitan Police said a second woman, aged 28, was taken to a hospital with stab injuries “that were later assessed as not life-threatening.”
“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 are yet to be informed. A second woman, aged 28, was taken to hospital with stab injuries that were later assessed as not life-threatening,” the police said.
A cousin of Tejaswini in Hyderabad, identified as Vijay, said the accused was a Brazilian man and had moved into the shared accommodation – where Tejaswini lived with her friends – less than a week ago. The reason for the attack was not immediately known, the police said.
According to the information shared on Twitter by London’s Metropolitan Police, two men, aged 23 and 24, have been arrested in connection to the murder while a 23-year-old woman arrested earlier was released without further action.
“Two people, a 24-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. The man remains in custody. The woman has been released without further action. Another suspect, a 23-year-old man, has also now been arrested,” the police said.
The Metropolitan Police had earlier released an image of Brazilian national Keven Antonio Lourenco De Morais and sought the public’s help in tracing him. “He was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into custody at a north London police station,” the Met Police said.
“This has been a fast-moving investigation and I would like to thank the public for sharing our appeal for information about this man. He is now in custody,” Detective Chief Inspector Linda Bradley, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said. “I recognise the significant concern this incident has caused in the community and I would like to reassure the public that a dedicated team of detectives are working to establish what happened (sic),” she added.
(Manas Dasgupta