Police said interrogating the accused revealed that the shopkeeper was murdered as a human sacrifice

Last year on September, the victim received a message on a social networking site that was offering part-time work-from-home opportunities, asking her to join a telegram group

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said the deaths of Indian students in the United States, and are “multicausal” and investigations in the recent cases are underway, with Indian authorities taking up the issue with concerned authorities in the US. Addressing a weekly press briefing ​​​the MEA spokesperson highlighted the unfortunate incidents involving Indian-origin students in the US.