Murder shocks Indian students in US

The killing of an Indian doctoral student at Duke University in North Carolina - the third such incident involving Indian students in a US campus in two months - has shocked the estimated 80,000 Indians students studying in this country.

It left a pall of gloom on the campus even where authorities beefed up security and reiterated that robbery appeared to be the motive for Abhijeet Mahato's murder. The 29-year-old IIT Kanpur alumnus was shot dead on Friday at his apartment in Durham, outside the university campus.

Mahato, who had been studying for a PhD at the Pratt School of Engineering for the past two years, was liked and considered an amiable and intelligent person by all those who knew him.

"The entire school is in mourning. People have taken it personally, like losing a family member," Vivek Wadhwa, executive-in-residence at Pratt's engineering management programme, said.

Wadhwa said he had spoken to Robert Clark, dean of Pratt School, who felt devastated by the tragic incident.
The killing of an Indian doctoral student at Duke University in North Carolina - the third such incident involving Indian students in a US campus in two months - has shocked the estimated 80,000 Indians students studying in this country.

It left a pall of gloom on the campus even where authorities beefed up security and reiterated that robbery appeared to be the motive for Abhijeet Mahato's murder. The 29-year-old IIT Kanpur alumnus was shot dead on Friday at his apartment in Durham, outside the university campus.

Mahato, who had been studying for a PhD at the Pratt School of Engineering for the past two years, was liked and considered an amiable and intelligent person by all those who knew him.

"The entire school is in mourning. People have taken it personally, like losing a family member," Vivek Wadhwa, executive-in-residence at Pratt's engineering management programme, said.

Wadhwa said he had spoken to Robert Clark, dean of Pratt School, who felt devastated by the tragic incident.

Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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