India, Jan. 6 -- The murder of 27-year-old Indian woman Nikitha Godishala, who was earlier reported missing on New Year's Eve, has turned murkier after her ex-boyfriend Arjun Sharma was charged with first- and second-degree murder days after her death in the US state of Maryland on Saturday (January 3).

Now, shocking allegations have surfaced in the case after the woman's cousin and father claimed that Arjun used to borrow money from several people and could have killed Hyderabad-native Nikitha when she demanded that he return the borrowed money.

Saraswati Godishala, who is Nikitha's cousin, said she had lent some money to Arjun on December 27.

In a representation to the Indian Embassy in the US, she said, "I sent him $4,500, out of wh...