Overview
- Police registered a murder case under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Madanayakanahalli police station.
- The victim was identified as 21-year-old Devisri, a final-year student at Acharya College and a native of Andhra Pradesh.
- Investigators named Prem Vardhan as the prime suspect and said he is absconding as a search operation continues.
- CCTV and witness accounts place the pair at a rented room from about 9:30 am, with the suspect allegedly leaving around 8:30 pm after locking the door from outside.
- Preliminary findings point to strangulation or suffocation following a quarrel; the body was sent to Victoria Hospital for postmortem after a complaint by 23-year-old Jayant T.