American citizen found murdered in Delhi

An Indian-American youth, who returned here last month to pursue studies, was on Monday found murdered at his rented accommodation in north-west Delhi.

Kannan Mehra (21), who was pursuing philosophy course in Delhi University, was found with stab wounds on his neck at his residence in Hudson Lane in Mukherjee Nagar by his landlord, a senior police official said.

Mehra had returned to India last month to pursue studies, the official said adding his father Anchal Mehra and mother, an American national, were settled in the United States.