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Hyderabad: Madhapur police on Tuesday arrested one person for allegedly killing a 29-year-old private employee Sharon Nikhita Topno at a hotel in Madhapur on Sept 22. The victim, Sharon Nikhitha Topno, a native of Visakhapatnam, had checked into room No 304 of a hotel on Road No. 5 in Siddiqui Nagar of Madhapur, with Ravi Teja, at around 2 pm on Sept 21. Subsequently, on Sept 23, Madhapur police received information from Visakhapatnam police that Ravi Teja had consumed an unknown substance in an attempt to end his life and had been shifted by the family to a local private hospital for treatment.
Police said Ravi Teja did not want to marry the woman and killed her during an argument in the hotel room. The accused was identified as Srinivasa Ravi Teja, a native of Visakhapatnam .
“Ravi Teja consumed floor cleaner. We produced him before a local court in Visakhapatnam and brought him to Hyderabad on a prisoner transit warrant. Ravi Teja confessed that he had been in a relationship with the victim for four years and that, as he did not want to marry her, an argument took place at the hotel room. During the argument, he hit her head against the wall, resulting in her death.
He was discharged from the hospital on Monday. He was sent to judicial remand on Tuesday,” the inspector said.