Indian Student Accused Of Girlfriend’s Murder In US Arrested In Germany Before Flight To India

A
20-yea -old
I dia
stude t
accused
of
killi g
his
gi lf ie d
i
Tucso ,
A izo a,
was
a ested
i
Ge ma y
befo e
he
could
boa d
a
flight
to
etu
to
I dia.

Va u
Batchiga i
is
a
busi ess
a alytics
stude t
at
the
U ive sity
of
A izo a,
a d
is
accused
of
killi g
his
19-yea -old
gi lf ie d,
Julissa
Rubi
Salaza ,
at
a
Tucso
apa tme t
o
August
6.

Acco di g
to
the
Tucso
Police
Depa tme t
(TPD),
Batchiga i
t avelled
to
Tucso
I te atio al
Ai po t
afte
the
alleged
killi g
a d
boa ded
a
flight
to
Ge ma y,
i te di g
to
t avel
to
I dia.

Detectives
subseque tly
obtai ed
a
a est
wa a t
cha gi g
him
with
fi st-deg ee
mu de
a d
kid appi g.

“Th ough
close
coo di atio
betwee
TPD,
the
FBI
Tucso
Office,
a d
the
FBI
Legal
Attache
Office
i
Be li ,
Batchiga i
was
take
i to
custody
upo
his
a ival
i
Ge ma y,
p eve ti g
him
f om
co ti ui g
his
t avel,”
Tucso
Police
said
i
a
stateme t.

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Police
Say
Messages
We e
Se t
F om
Victim’s
Pho e

Acco di g
to
i vestigato s,
Batchiga i
stole
Salaza ‘s
cellpho e
a d
c edit
ca ds
afte
the
killi g
a d
bega
commu icati g
with
he
mothe
while
p ete di g
to
be
the
victim.

The
messages
epo tedly
caused
co ce
amo g
Salaza ‘s
family,
who
sought
a
welfa e
check.
Police
subseque tly
we t
to
he
Tucso
apa tme t
a d
discove ed
he
body.

The
Tucso
Fi e
Depa tme t
had
ea lie
espo ded
to
the
apa tme t
at
a ou d
4
pm
o
August
6
followi g
a
epo t
of
a
possible
ca diac
a est.
C ews
fou d
Salaza
lyi g
dead
o
the
floo ,
with
a
bla ket
pulled
up
to
he
eck.

The
fi e
depa tme t
c ew
oticed
st a gulatio
ma ks
a d
sc atches
o
he
eck,
p ompti g
the
fi e
depa tme t
c ew
to
co tact
Tucso
police.

Wa a t
Details
P evious
Allegatio s

The
i vestigatio
has
also
b ought
to
light
allegatio s
co ce i g
Batchiga i’s
p evious
co duct.

Acco di g
to
a
wa a t
obtai ed
by
KOLD-TV,
Batchiga i
had
p eviously
bee
i volved
i
a
assault
case
i vestigated
by
the
U ive sity
of
A izo a
Police
Depa tme t.

Wit esses
told
i vestigato s
that
Salaza
had
moved
out
afte
faci g
p oblems
i
he
elatio ship
with
Batchiga i
i
late
2025.
She
had
epo tedly
i te ded
to
e d
the
elatio ship
amid
allegatio s
of
p evious
domestic
viole ce.

The
wa a t
co tai s
additio al
allegatio s
f om
multiple
wit esses
co ce i g
p evious
viole t
behaviou .

O e
wit ess
accused
him
of
sexually
assaulti g
he
at
a
Hallowee
pa ty,
although
she
said
she
did
ot
epo t
the
allegatio
to
police
at
the
time.

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Fede al
eco ds
eviewed
by
Fox
News
epo tedly
showed
that
Batchiga i
emai ed
i
lawful
immig atio
status
at
the
time
of
the
alleged
mu de ,
despite
epo ts
that
he
had
bee
expelled
f om
the
U ive sity
of
A izo a.

Afte
his
a est
i
Ge ma y,
Batchiga i
was
placed
i
ext aditio
p oceedi gs.
He
is
expected
to
be
etu ed
to
A izo a,
whe e
autho ities
will
book
him
i to
the
Pima
Cou ty
Adult
Dete tio
Complex
o
the
existi g
wa a t.

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