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Andhra student's body to arrive from UK
V.S. Jyothirmayee, 23, a postgraduate student in public health at Wolverhampton University, was found murdered in her apartment on the outskirts of Birmingham on May 6.
- IANS
- Published: 00:16 May 19, 2008
Hyderabad: The body of an Indian girl student, who was murdered in Britain, is likely to be brought to her home town of Vijayawada by Wednesday, the family said on Sunday .
V.S. Jyothirmayee, 23, a postgraduate student in public health at Wolverhampton University, was found murdered in her apartment on the outskirts of Birmingham on May 6.
Her family members said they received the information that the body would be flown in on May 21. They said the last rites would be performed the same day.
N. Nagraju Kumar, 24, who was sharing the apartment with her, was found in an injured condition. Two days later, West Midlands police arrested Kumar on charges of murder. He allegedly inflicted injuries on himself to mislead the police.
The cause of the murder, however, remains a mystery with the girl's family denying that she had an affair with Kumar.
Hand over
Two autopsies were conducted on her body as part of the investigations into the murder.
The police would hand over the body to Indian high commission in a day or two. The Andhra Pradesh Government has already announced that it would bear the expenses of bringing the body to India.
European Telugu Association officials informed Jyothirmayee's father N. Saibabu that they would make the necessary arrangements to send the body to India.
Saibabu, his wife and their younger daughter last week dropped their plans to travel to Birmingham. The officials had arranged passports for them in a few hours and the state government offered to pay for their travel.
"We changed our plans because the body is likely to be brought here sooner than what was earlier anticipated," Saibabu told newsmen in Vijayawada.
The family was earlier informed that it might take four to six weeks to send Jyothirmayee's body to India.
Meanwhile, three representatives of Wolverhampton University visited Vijayawada on Friday and met the parents of the girl to offer condolences.
They handed over to the family a book containing condolence messages from Vice-Chancellor Caroline Gipps, industrialist Lord Swaraj Paul and students and photographs of memorial ceremony held at the campus May 9.
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