In a shocking incident in Kansas, USA, an Indian engineer has been killed and two others have been injured by an armed American man, who was shouting “get out of my country”, at the time of the incident. Since the selection of Donald Trump as the President of the USA, there has been an increase in the attacks and hate crimes against the non-whites and the Asians and the local police is keeping the murder under the category of hate crime.
On Wednesday night, Srinivas Kuchibhotla (32), with his colleagues, Alok Madasani and Ian Grillot, was sitting in a bar when the alleged attacker Adam Purinton started making racist comments on both the Indians and started calling them, “mid-easterners”. After that, Adam fired shots at them in which Srinivas lost his life while Alok is seriously injured.
The other colleague Ian, who is an American, tried to stop Adam but got injured in the process. The killer then ran away from the spot but before that, he told the bartender that he had shot two “Middle Eastern” men.
On Thursday morning, Adam was arrested by police and has been charged under premeditated first-degree murder and premeditated attempted murder.
Srinivas was originally from Hyderabad and he used to work in the Garmin headquarters, Olathe, in the US state of Kansas as an aviation engineer. He did his B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics) from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University while he completed his masters from University of Texas El Paso.
Source: Facebook
Srinivas’ wife, Sunayana Dumala works for a technology firm in Kansas. Two senior officers from Indian Consulate, Houston, have already left for Kansas to help Srinivas’ family.
Consul RD Joshi and VC H. Singh rushing to Kansas to assist shooting victim. @SushmaSwaraj @IndianEmbassyUS @NavtejSarna @IndianDiplomacy
— India in Houston (@cgihou) February 23, 2017
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also expressed shock on the incident. She tweeted:
I am shocked at the shooting incident in Kansas in which Srinivas Kuchibhotla has been killed. My heartfelt condolences to bereaved family.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) February 24, 2017
Why are the non-whites facing wrath of the Americans? Well, it is high time that President Donald Trump should seriously look into the matter of hate crime as it may hamper not only the image of the USA but in long run, it may not be good for American economy too. Do share your views with regard to it in the comments section below.
