HYDERABAD: After making initial investigations, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) has decided to investigate the gunning down of an Indian in Olatha, Kansas as a ‘hate crime’. “Based upon the initial investigative activity, the FBI, in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, is investigating this incident as a hate crime,” the
FBI
has said.
The agency further said, “The FBI will continue to work jointly with
Olathe
Police Department and our state and local partners regarding this ongoing investigation.” The statement by the FBI is a concrete step towards describing the killing of
Srinivas Kuchibhotla at a hate crime. So far based on eye-witness accounts, it was being referred to a possible hate-crime or alleged hate-crime.
An eye-witness to the incident on February 22 at Austin’s Bar and Grille, Olathe had said that the alleged killer Adam Purinton shouted “Get out of my country” as he shot at Srinivas Kuchibhotla and his friend Alok Madasani. Srinivas died later on being rushed to a hospital and Alok is recovering. Both hail from Hyderabad, India. The funeral rites of Srinivas were completed at the Jubilee Hills Maha Prasthanam in Hyderabad on Wednesday after the body was brought from the US the previous night.
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Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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