Sankeerth an Indian software engineer ‘stabbed’ to death by roommate in US: Family

Hyderabad, July 20: Sankeerth , A 24-year-old software engineer from Kachiguda in Hyderabad was allegedly stabbed to death by his roommate in Austin in the US, his family said on Wednesday.

“Today morning we got a call from our relatives and Pranith, one of his friends, that Sankeerth was stabbed by one Sai Sandeep Goud, a roommate, yesterday,” Sankeerth’s uncle Srinivas said.

Sankeerth died while being shifted to a hospital and the accused had been taken into custody by the local police, Srinivas said.

Sankeerth had gone to the US two and a half years ago for studying Master of Science programme and after completing the education, had joined a job in Austin three months ago, reported IANS.

Police detained Sai Sandeep Goud, one of the roommates of the victim and were questioning him. Goud had reportedly checked into his room early this month.

Sankeerth’s father G Vijaykumar, a government employee and mother Ramadevi were shocked on receiving the news.

Relatives said they were making efforts to bring home the body by the weekend.