Overview
- Burlington County prosecutors filed murder and related charges against Indian national Nazeer Hameed in the killings of Sasikala Narra, 38, and her 6-year-old son, Anish.
- Investigators say a DNA profile recovered from Hameed’s company-issued laptop matched an unknown blood droplet collected at the 2017 crime scene.
- Hameed lived in the same Maple Shade apartment complex and worked with the victims’ husband at Cognizant, and investigators report he followed the husband for a significant period as motive remains undetermined.
- After repeated failed attempts to secure Hameed’s DNA in India, prosecutors subpoenaed Cognizant in 2024 for his laptop, enabling the forensic match that advanced the cold case to charges.
- Officials say Hameed returned to India months after the murders and remains there as U.S. authorities coordinate with federal partners to seek extradition to New Jersey.