Indian
student shot dead in US
Sunday December 26, 2010 10:55:33 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad/Washington: An Indian student hailing from
Andhra Pradesh has been shot dead during a robbery at a
convenience store in the US, his family and US media reports said
Sunday.
Elaprolu Jayachandra, 22, was shot dead by unidentified robbers
early Saturday at the store in Pasadena in Texas where he was
working. He was shot five times, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The incident occurred when a man in a ski mask shot Jayachandra
and took the cash register, Pasadena police spokesman Bud Corbett
was quoted as saying by the Houston Chronicle.
A manager at the store, Ali Kahn, said the victim had been working
at the store for less than a month.
Jayachandra's family in Andhra Pradesh received the shocking news
from his friends late Saturday night. The incident took place
between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. local time Dec 25.
Jayachandra, who had gone to the US in July and was doing his
Masters in computers, had taken up part-time job as a clerk at the
gas station store only a month ago.
A pall of gloom has descended on the house of Jayachandra in
Vijayawada city in Krishna district, about 300 km from here.
Relatives and friends poured in to console Jayachandra's parents
and family members.
"We were told that a black man barged into the gas station, shot
at my son and escaped with the money. But we also received another
version that the man was not black. Whoever he may be, he is a
criminal," an inconsolable Nageswara Rao told reporters in
Vijayawada.
Jayachandra was reportedly shot five times and the police there
are looking for two assailants.
Police distributed the surveillance video from the store to local
media outlets in an attempt to find witnesses, the newspaper said.
The CCTV footage obtained by the police showed a masked man
entering the gas station, shooting the clerk and taking away the
cash register.
Jayachandra was able to get behind a door that opened to a small
office behind the counter. However, he appears to have been shot
through the door.
The family members said Jayachandra's body would be flown home in
couple of days. Telugu Association of North America (TANA) has
promised to help the family in making the arrangements.
Jayachandra's murder is the latest in a series of incidents
involving Telugu students and professionals.
In June this year, Adarsh John, who was doing Masters in Texas
University, was found murdered by unidentified people.
In March, 28-year-old Prashanth Goinaka was shot dead by
unidentified robbers at a convenience store in Oklahoma. He was
studying MBA at the International Technological University at
California and had taken up a part-time job.
As many as 12 Telugu students and techies were murdered in the US
during the last three years.
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