Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:05am on 09 Aug 2026,Sunday India Global
Indian national Varun Batchigari, 20, has been arrested in Germany over the alleged first-degree murder of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Julissa Rubi Salazar, in Arizona. Salazar was found dead in her Tucson apartment on August 6 after her family requested a welfare check. Police allege Batchigari fled the US after the killing, travelling from Tucson to Houston and then to Berlin. He was detained at a German airport following an arrest warrant. Reports say Salazar had planned to end their relationship after an alleged earlier assault. Batchigari, who studied business analytics at the University of Arizona, is expected to be extradited to Arizona. (PC: HT)
