HYDERABAD: A 32-year-old Indian from Hanamkonda district in Telangana, Arukonda Rajesh, died in Mississippi, US, on August 15. Rajesh’s mother, Neelamma, who lives in Atmakur mandal, said her son’s death was shocking and it is not clearly known how he died.
“The family was informed that he was in a coma for two days and passed away,” a close family associate, Bomma Srinivas, told TOI. The news of his death was conveyed to the family by a person named Shiva, who hails from Parkal and lives in the US. “We do not exactly know what happened to Rajesh and how he died. The family is unable to come to terms with it,” Srinivas said.
Rajesh had gone to the US in 2015 to pursue a master’s degree and stayed back there as he reportedly got a job. Last year, he paid a visit to his village following the death of his father, Arukonda Sambaiah. He then returned to the US.
The Telangana govt has written to the Embassy of India in Washington and the Union Ministry of External Affairs to help coordinate with the local authorities and the hospital to send the mortal remains to India as requested by the family.
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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