Murdered Indian engineer's wife breaks silence, seeks answers from the US

Sunayana Dumala said that she considered moving to another country but Srinivas loved the US so much that he refused. He was shot dead in a racial attack.

Sunayana Dumala, wife of Srinivas Kuchibhotla who was shot dead in a racial attackin Kansas, on Wednesday, broke her silence, two days after his death. Addressing the media in the United States, Sunayana said he would have turned 33 in two weeks and did not deserve to die like this.

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"I don't know what to say. We had read about shootings happening everywhere in the newspapers and I was always concerned if we were doing the right thing by staying back in the US but he (Srinivas) always assured me that only good things happen to good people. I wanted to move to another country but he loved the US so much that he refused," she told the media. She recalled how he was just enjoying a glass of beer with his friends when the suspect started shouting discriminatory things about Srinivas' race.

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"My husband should have left but he was sitting there because he was not doing anything wrong. The suspect came back and did what he had to do. He has taken a life. A very lovable soul from everyone. His parents, my parents, our entire family back home is in grief. I do not know what I should tell his mother about why I was not able to save him," she added.

She demanded answers from the government on what measures will be taken to stop hate crimes. "I want answers not just for my husband, who lost his battle, but for everyone. For all those people, of any race, who have lost their loved ones," she said.

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