An Indian-American student charged with murder of his high school friend after catching him having an affair with his girlfriend,has been denied bail by a local Maryland court. Rahul Gupta was arrested Sunday from his Montgomery County highrise apartment on charges of killing his high school friend Mark Edward Waugh,23,a Georgetown University law student,by inflicting serious wounds with a knife. His girlfriend was the only other person beside him and Waugh inside the apartment. During the court hearing Wednesday,Gupta was denied a bail. The 24-year-old biomedical engineering student was being held in the Montgomery County jail on $2 million bond. This was a vicious attack, the Assistant States Attorney Stephen Chaikin said. The victim,and its obvious by the forensic evidence,defended himself from a savage knife attack, he was quoted as saying by The Washington Post. Guptas attorney,Reginald W Bours,asked the bond be lowered to $50,000 so that he could be released. He was not in the court at the time of hearing,but participated in the court proceedings through video conference. I believe the evidence will ultimately show that he has a valid defence, Bours said. Its particularly tragic for someone who has a defence,and who has a promising career and a proven track record at school,to be held on a bond of this amount, Bours told the District judge William G Simmons. Guptas parents,who were also present in the court,said they will be willing to keep him at home if he was granted bail. His parents own a small business in Northern Virginia and employ about 15 people.The case has been scheduled for November 8.
