Overview
- Premavardhan, 31, a Chittoor native employed at a private stock‑market firm, was traced to Tirupati and taken into custody.
- Investigators say he locked the Thammenahalli rental from outside after the killing and shaved his head in Tirupati to avoid detection.
- The victim, Devisri, was a final‑year BBM/BBA student at Acharya College who had moved to Bengaluru from Andhra Pradesh for her studies.
- Police say the pair entered the room around 9:30 am on November 23 and were alone for hours before the suspect left that evening; her body was discovered after calls went unanswered.
- A murder case is registered at Madanayakanahalli police station under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the postmortem was conducted at Victoria Hospital.