HYDERABAD: The trial in the murder of
Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Olathe, Kansas, US, is yet to begin though the incident took place on February 22. The alleged killer,
Adam Purinton
, was produced in the court on May 15 for the third time since the incident. But the case has been again posted to September 18.
Srinivas Kuchibhotla from Hyderabad was shot dead at Austin’s Bar and Grill in Olathe in what was termed as a hate crime. “Get out of my country,” Purinton had reportedly shouted before he whipped out his gun and shot Kuchibhotla. The FBI is investigating the hate crime aspect while the local Kansas police is investigating the crime angle.
Kuchibhotla had gone to the bar along with another Hyderabad man
Alok Madasani
. Both were engineers with Garmin in Olathe. Purinton had shot Madasani too, but he survived. An American, Ian Grillot came to the victims’ rescue when Purinton opened fire.
Purinton is a navy veteran and had worked in the air traffic control. He had stepped into the bar and demanded to know if Srinivas and Alok were ‘legal’ in USA. As he created a ruckus in the bar, the staff led him out of it but he soon came back with a weapon and fired at Kuchibhotla, Alok and Ian.
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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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