A Korean scholar who allegedly stabbed his Indian-starting place roommate to demise of their dormitory on the prestigious Purdue University has stated he turned into “very sorry” for killing his buddy however contended that he had been “blackmailed”, in keeping with a media report. Varun Manish Chheda, 20, from Indianapolis, turned into discovered useless in McCutcheon Hall at the western fringe of the campus ultimate Wednesday. Ji Min “Jimmy” Sha, a junior cybersecurity foremost and global scholar from Korea turned into arrested in reference to the murder. Sha, 22, made his first courtroom docket look on Friday earlier than Tippecanoe County Magistrate Sarah Wyatt in view that being arrested for allegedly stabbing Varun Chheda to demise. “I turned into blackmailed,” the suspect stated whilst requested approximately a cause for the crime. He did now no longer elaborate, WLFI, a tv station in Indiana, reported. When requested if he had whatever to mention to the victim’s family, Sha replied: “I am very sorry.” Last week, Sha seemed to mutter “I love my family” as he turned into hauled to prison for allegedly killing Chheda, a senior information technological know-how foremost who the Tippecanoe County coroner stated died of “more than one sharp-pressure annoying injuries.” Sha referred to as the police approximately 12:forty five a.m. Wednesday to mention he had fatally stabbed his roommate of their room at McCutcheon Hall.
Police discovered Chheda in a chair and Sha included in what regarded to be blood, in step with the outlet. They additionally found what they believed to be blood spattered at the wall, in conjunction with a pool of blood and a folding knife at the floor. The suspect allegedly admitted that the knife turned into his and that he had used it to kill his roommate. Chheda’s pals have stated they have been gaming with the sufferer once they all at once heard him screaming.
Indiana police defined the crime as an “unprovoked and senseless” murder.