Three Indians charged in Praveen Reddy stabbing case in UK

London: Three Indians have been charged with the attempted murder of Praveen Reddy, an MBA student, who was critically stabbed on Friday night in Newham here. The Metropolitan Police today told PTI that the three are: Amareshwar Arava, 25, Sai Kishore Balguri, 25 and Nishanth Puttapaka, 23. [caption id=“attachment_210960” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“The police is not treating the incident as racially motivated at this time. Screen grab from IBNLive.com.”]  [/caption] “We are not treating the incident as racially motivated at this time,” a police spokesperson said on Saturday. The three will appear at the Thames Magistrates’ court on today, the police said. Eleven person were arrested earlier. External affairs minister SM Krishna had spoken to the acting high commissioner in the UK, Rajesh Prasad, asking him to extend all possible help to Reddy, who was stabbed several times. Krishna also spoke to Andhara Pradesh-based businessman Sudhakar Reddy, father of Praveen, assuring him of all help. They also said that the High Commission officials in the UK were coordinating with the doctors treating Praveen and MEA officials in Delhi will take up the matter with the British high commission to ensure expeditious issuance of the visa to his parents.