'Entered via donkey route': Haryana man shot dead in US for objecting to public urination

JIND: A 26-year-old man from Haryana's Jind district was shot dead in California, US, after he objected to a man urinating in public on Saturday.

The deceased, Kapil, was working as a security guard. Son of Ishwar from Barah Kalan village, Kapil was on duty when he confronted an individual for urinating outside the premises, village sarpanch Suresh Kumar Gautam told TOI. The man, in response, shot him dead on the spot, the sarpanch added.

Kapil, the only son of a farming family, had travelled to the US two-and-a-half years ago. He is said to have entered the country in 2022 through the "donkey route", crossing the jungles of Panama and scaling the Mexico border wall, a journey that cost his family around Rs 45 lakh. After his initial arrest, he was released through legal proceedings and had since been settled in the country.

The family was informed of the death by a relative living in the US. Kapil has two sisters, one of whom is married.

"The entire village is standing with the family, but they are deeply broken in this time of grief," said sarpanch Gautam.

He added that the family plans to meet with the deputy commissioner to demand that Kapil's body be brought back to India. "We hope for the govt's full support," he said.


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