Indian guilty of stabbing friend to death
Thursday, 19/03/2015
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NEW YORK: A 25-year-old Indian student at a prestigious US university has been found guilty of murdering his friend in 2013 over suspicion that his girlfriend was cheating on him with his high school buddy and faces life in prison when sentenced.
Rahul Gupta was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in Maryland after an 11-day trial.
He had initially told the police that he killed his friend 23-year-old Mark Waugh as he suspected that his girlfriend was cheating on him with Waugh.
Gupta, a graduate student at George Washington University later sought to put the blame on his girlfriend Taylor Gould, saying that he had lied to protect her.
Gupta will be sentenced on April 16 and faces life in prison.
As per charging documents, Gupta, his girlfriend and Waugh spent a night drinking and celebrating Gupta’s birthday in his apartment that he shared with his girlfriend.
