London: The Birmingham Magistrates Court on Friday charged 24-yr-old Nagaraja Kumar Nalluri, a prime suspect in Samrajyo Jyothirmai Vempala murder case, with murder and denied bail to him. 

Earlier, Vijaywada-origin Jyothirmai, 23, had succumbed to severe head injuries on Tuesday while the suspect Nagaraja Kumar Nalluri, also an Indian student, was found seriously injured in the same private accommodation where she was living in Handsworth, a suburb of Birmingham.

Nalluri was admitted to the City Hospital, Birmingham, and arrested soon after he was released on Thursday.

The West Midlands Police said that he has since been cooperating in the murder inquiry.

Jyothirmai was enrolled in a postgraduate degree in Health Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton, 11 km from Handsworth.

The university, which like many other British varsities maintains offices and agents in New Delhi and other parts of India to recruit high fee-paying students, is sending a representative to meet the family of the deceased student in Vijaywada.

Source : Agencies