H’bad techie’s body to reach tomorrow

Hyderabad, February 25

The body of Hyderabad engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the US in what appears to be a hate crime, will arrive here on Monday. Telangana Minister for NRI Affairs KT Rama Rao said the body will arrive by an Air-India flight at 9.45 pm.

After consoling the parents of Srinivas, he told reporters that the slain engineer’s wife Sunayana Dumala and other relatives will accompany the body. The Minister visited the house of Srinivas in Bachupally here and consoled his parents and other family members.

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He spoke to Srinivas’ father K. Madhusudhana Sastry and mother Parvata Vardhini, who was inconsolable. The Minister later told reporters that Srinivas’ parents said while no government can bring back their son, all efforts should be made to prevent such incidents in future so that parents of others are saved of this agony.

Rama Rao said that such incidents do raise concern among parents and relatives of those who have gone to the US for jobs or higher education. Rama Rao, who is the son of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, said he will discuss with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj the security concern among students and professionals working in US who want an assurance that this kind of incidents will not recur.  — IANS