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A videograb of the murder suspect being brought out of the house and taken into the ambulance for medical examination in Kothanur early on Thursday morning.
The presence of mind of the landlady Vanajamma and her tenants helped the city police nab Ishaan, who allegedly killed a Ugandan woman on Thursday. They locked him in, making it an open-and-shut case for the police. If he had escaped, the incident could have fuelled speculation and taken on racist-attack dimensions.
Vanajamma and her family heard Nakayaki, the Ugandan student, screaming at around 2 am. They rushed up to her house on the second floor only to see bloodstains everywhere. Vanajamma and her family members, with help from tenants, then locked the house from the outside, trapping Ishaan inside.
They also pacified and stopped angry Africans from entering the house. A big crowd of Africans living in the neighbourhood had gathered by then. The family held the agitated Africans at bay till about 3.00 am when the police arrived and took stock.
Vanajamma and her family heard Nakayaki, the Ugandan student, screaming at around 2 am. They rushed up to her house on the second floor only to see bloodstains everywhere. Vanajamma and her family members, with help from tenants, then locked the house from the outside, trapping Ishaan inside.
They also pacified and stopped angry Africans from entering the house. A big crowd of Africans living in the neighbourhood had gathered by then. The family held the agitated Africans at bay till about 3.00 am when the police arrived and took stock.
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