Man searches ‘how to kill a person instantly’ before stabbing ex-girlfriend in UK restaurant

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In this screenshot taken from CCTV footage of the restaurant on the day of the attack, Sriram Ambarlu (wearing black) can be seen stabbing Sona Biju (wearing a striped T-shirt). (Image: @InspGadgetBlogs/X)

Ambarla threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend Biju if she did not marry him, when she refused he stabbed her multiple times.

The Hyderabad man who stabbed his girlfriend to death and slit her throat in a London restaurant in 2022 had discovered “how to kill a human being instantly with a knife”, said officials investigating the case, who have access to his online Had access to search history.

Sriram Ambarla, 25, attacked his ex-girlfriend Sona Biju, 23, at the London restaurant where she worked, after he repeatedly threatened her that he would kill her if she did not agree to marry him. Will commit murder.

Biju reportedly responded by saying that she “did not want to live by their rules”. After a few moments, Ambarla grabbed his neck and started attacking him with the knife. Fortunately, Biju survived the attack but had to be hospitalized for a month in a critical condition.

Ambarla was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison in London. Ambarla told the police that she did so because she had apparently heard him talking about celebrating the breakup.

During the hearing, prosecutors told the court that Ambarla had searched Biju moments before he attacked her “What would happen if a foreigner murdered someone in Britain”, “How easy it is to kill someone with a knife” And “How to kill a person instantly with a knife” Online.

Biju and Ambarla were dating since 2017 after meeting in Hyderabad college. The attack occurred after Ambarla had molested and physically and mentally abused him for several years.

As the relationship became abusive, they separated in 2019, but Ambarla continued to threaten to harm herself in order to control him. Biju said that he used to come to her house unannounced and blackmail her into marrying him.

They both moved to the UK in 2022 to pursue master’s degrees at the University of East London but the abuse continued. He would regularly call the restaurant to order food and expect Biju to deliver it to his home or talk to him.

One day he went to the restaurant and Biju served him just as she would any other patron. She told law enforcement that she noticed Ambarla was looking at her phone in a disturbing manner.

After some time he came to her and repeated his proposal to marry her, and warned that if she refused he would kill her. Biju refused and after a few moments Ambarla took out a knife and stabbed him repeatedly.

(With inputs from Times of India)