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Hyderabad: Woman dies suspiciously in hotel, boyfriend flees, injury marks on face
- •A 29-year-old woman, Sharon Nikhita Topno, died under suspicious circumstances in a hotel room in Siddique Nagar, Madhapur, Cyber City Hyderabad.
- •The woman, a resident of Visakhapatnam, had checked into the hotel with a male friend on Monday afternoon.
- •On Tuesday morning, Ravi Teja informed hotel staff that Sharon had fainted; she was taken to a private hospital where doctors declared her dead.
- •As soon as the death was confirmed, the accused Ravi Teja fled the scene and switched off his mobile phone.
- •Small and serious injury marks were found on the deceased's face, and an empty liquor bottle was also recovered from the room.
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A 29-year-old woman named Sharon Nikhita Topno, a native of Visakhapatnam, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in room number 304 of a hotel in Siddique Nagar, Madhapur. She had checked into the hotel on Monday afternoon with a male friend, and her body was discovered on Tuesday morning with serious injury marks on her face.
The deceased woman's friend, Srinivas Ravi Teja, is the primary suspect in the case. After informing hotel staff that the woman had fainted and having her taken to a private hospital where she was declared dead, Ravi Teja fled the scene and switched off his mobile phone.
Based on a complaint filed by another friend of the deceased, Madhapur police registered a murder case under section 103 (1) of the BNS. Special police teams have been deployed to trace and apprehend the absconding accused, while forensic clues teams have secured the scene to collect evidence.
