HYDERABAD: A total of 102 people, including Alok Madasani, have been listed as witnesses in the murder case of
Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Austin’s Bar and Grille in Olathe, Kansas.
Even as Alok’s father
Jagan Mohan Reddy is hoping that his 32-year-old son, an engineer, quickly returns to the safety of his home in Hyderabad, the techie will have to stay in Olathe to appear as witness in the case. Alok and Ian Grillot had both been injured when gunman Adam Purington shot at them, killing Srinivas.
Keith Henderson, assistant director attorney, Olathe, has filed the complaint in the district court at
Johnson County
, Kansas. The case has been listed as State of Kansas vs Adam W Purinton, who has been named defendant. A copy of the complaint is available with TOI.
Purinton has been charged with “unlawfully, feloniously, intentionally and with premeditation” killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla, which is a first-degree murder. In the case of Madasani and Grillot, he has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
After the shooting at Austin’s, Purinton escaped to another bar, where he spilled the beans to a bartender. He told her that he had shot ‘two people’ and was on the run.
The bartender of Applebee’s in Clinton, Missouri, immediately informed the police, who arrested Purinton within five hours of the shooting. Purinton will be produced before the Johnson County court on February 27.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
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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