Indian software engineer killed by roommate in US: family

A 24-year-old software engineer from Kachiguda here was allegedly stabbed to death by his roommate in Austin in the US, his family said here today.

"Today morning we got a call from our relatives and Pranith, one of his friends, that Sankeerth was stabbed by one Sai Sandeep Goud, a roommate, yesterday," Sankeerth's uncle Srinivas said.

Sankeerth died while being shifted to a hospital and the accused had been taken into custody by the local police, Srinivas said.