Hyderabad: A 28-year-old Dalit student from Hyderabad was reportedly shot dead in Dallas, United States, by a robber on Saturday, October 4.
Chandrashekhar Pole, a resident of LB Nagar, had gone to the United States after completing his Bachelor’s in Dental Surgery. He was pursuing Masters in Data Analytics course at the University of North Texas in Denton since August 21, 2023. His course was to conclude by December 12, stated the US Department of Homeland Security.
To support himself, Chandrashekar was working part-time at the gas station. He was fatally shot by a robber in the wee hours of Saturday.
CM offers condolences to family of Hyderabad student
Expressing grief over the demise of the student, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family.
Assuring support to the family of the deceased, Revanth Reddy said his government would extend all cooperation to bring back the body
Earlier, Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA Harish Rao visited the Dalit man’s family and gave his condolences. “The pain that the parents are going through, knowing that their son, who they believed would reach great heights, is no more, is heart-wrenching to witness. My deepest condolences to their family members,” he stated in a post on X.
He urged the state government to take initiative and help bring Chandrashekhar’s mortal remains back to his family as soon as possible.
In January this year, a 26-year-old student from Telangana, who was living in Connecticut in America, was allegedly shot dead by unidentified persons, while another man from Ranga Reddy district was found dead with bullet wounds in the US.
In September, a 30-year-old man from Mahabubnagar district died in California after allegedly being shot by police following a scuffle with his roommate.
(The copy has been updated with latest information)
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