Delhi is demanding the US take strong action after an Indian man was killed and another wounded in a suspected hate crime in the midwestern state of Kansas.
The two men, who had been living in the US for the last few years, were shot at a bar outside Kansas City late Wednesday. The FBI is trying to determine if the shooting was a hate crime.
“USA should respond to this incident. American President and people of America, they should come out openly to condemn such actions… and then take strongest action,” Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu is quoted by the Press Trust of India as saying.
A small memorial for Srinivas Kuchibhotla is displayed outside Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas, Friday, February 24, 2017. Kuchibhotla was shot and killed at the bar Wednesday, February 22. (AP/Orlin Wagner)
Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was killed and Alok Reddy Madasani, 32, wounded in the attack. Both men worked as aviation systems engineers for GPS manufacturer Garmin.
“These kind of incidents involving racial discrimination are shameful,” Naidu says in the southern city of Hyderabad where the victims’ families live. “They will dent the image of USA. So the US President, administration and civil societies should unequivocally respond and condemn such incidents.”
US authorities have arrested 51-year-old Adam Purinton, who allegedly told the men “Get out of my country!” before opening fire.
— AFP
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