The man named Arjun Sharma, at whose flat 27-year-old Indian woman Nikitha Godishala was found murdered, had borrowed around ₹4 lakh from her sister Saraswati. "I sent him $4,500 (over ₹4 lakh), out of which he returned $3,500. I was contacted by Arjun on January 2nd and he requested me for additional $1,000 to which I denied," Saraswati claimed.