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India has demanded the “strongest action” from the US government after Hyderabad’s engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed and his colleague from Warangal wounded in an apparent hate crime in Kansas City.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said the US should respond to this incident.
He said, US President and people of America should come out openly to condemn such actions and then take the strongest action. Mr Naidu and his Cabinet colleague Bandaru Dattatreya met the slain engineer’s family in Hyderabad yesterday. Mr Naidu said such incidents involving racial discrimination are shameful.
Earlier US embassy in New Delhi strongly condemned the shooting incident in Kansas resulting in the death of an Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla. In a statement, US Chargé de Affaires MaryKay Carlson said, the US is a nation of immigrants and welcomes people from across the world to visit, work, study, and live. She said, US authorities will investigate thoroughly and prosecute the case.
The authorities said, and witnesses told reporters that the gunman shouted “go back to your country” before opening fire.
Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, and his friend Alok Madasani, both employees at tech company Garmin, were having a drink at a bar on Thursday when a man allegedly shouted racist slurs at the pair and started shooting. Adam Purinton, 51, was charged with murder. Kuchibhotla, who was an aviation systems engineer, died in the hospital. Madasani and Ian Grillot, a third man who had stepped in to defend the pair, were injured.
Maintaining that the authorities have reached out to Indian consular officials to offer full support as they assist the victims, she said, the alleged shooter is in custody and is expected to be prosecuted for the crime. The embassy also extended condolences to the family and friends of the victim and wished a full and speedy recovery to those who were injured.
An Indian engineer was killed and two others were injured after an American navy veteran opened fire on them in a crowded bar in Kansas City in a racially motivated hate crime.
“He did not deserve a death like this,” Sunayana Dumala said Sunayana Dumala, wife of the Indian techie who was killed in the Kansas bar shooting incident
Srinivas Kuchibhotla wife said she had her doubts about staying on in America. Addressing a press conference organised by GPS-maker Garmin where Srinivas worked, Sunayana Dumala said while she was assured by her husband that “good things happen in America”, she wondered in the wake of the tragic accident whether she actually belonged to that country.