About a year ago, the 18-year-old woman from Kacheguda became friends with the suspect Sai Kiran alias Nani (20), a daily wage worker from Shivrampalli through a social networking platform. Since then, both continued their friendship.
The suspect, Akhil (30) from Satya Nagar in Kacheguda, who works at a private company, befriended a 29-year-old woman from Golnaka working for a pharma company a year ago.