HYDERABAD: A 28-year-old man from Hyderabad was shot dead on Friday night at a gas station in Dallas in the US where he was working. The deceased, Pole Chandrashekhar, a resident of LB Nagar, had gone to Dallas for higher studies.
Chandrashekhar’s brother, Damodar, said he had left for the US in 2023 to pursue higher studies after completing a bachelor's degree in dental surgery in the city.
Nearly six months back, he had completed his studies in the US. He subsequently began applying for jobs and appearing for interviews in the US. Meanwhile, he was working at the gas station to meet his expenses.
The family has requested the government to bring back his mortal remains.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said the death of Pole Chandrashekhar in a shooting in the US caused him deep shock and grief.
“I pray to God that his soul may find peace and express my profound condolences to his family members,” he said in a post on social media platform X, adding that the government will stand by Chandrasekhar’s family. “We will provide all possible assistance to bring his mortal remains back to his hometown,” the CM said.
Assuring support to the family of the deceased, CM Revanth said his government would extend all cooperation to bring back the body.
Former minister T Harish Rao went to the family's residence and offered his condolences. Later, he posted on X, saying, "It is tragic that Chandra Shekhar Pole, a Dalit student from Nagar who completed BDS and went to America (Dallas) higher studies, died in a shooting carried out by miscreants."
The tragedy comes close on the heels of two separate incidents in the United States involving Indian nationals. Just weeks ago, 30-year-old Mohammed Nizamuddin from Telangana was allegedly shot dead by police in Santa Clara, California, following an altercation with his roommate. His family in Mahabubnagar said he had earlier spoken of facing racial discrimination and workplace harassment in the US.
Just days before Nizamuddin's murder, another tragedy struck the Indian diaspora in the US when Chandra Mouli “Bob” Nagamallaiah, a motel manager, was brutally beheaded in Dallas, Texas.