Sushma Swaraj expresses shock over shooting incident in Kansas

Swaraj took on to the micro-blogging site Twitter to express condolences to the bereaved family of Kuchibhotla who was killed during the shootout.

New Delhi, Feb 24: The Minister of External Affairs of India Sushma Swaraj on Friday expressed shock over unfortunate killing of Indian national identified as Srinivas Kuchibhotla during a shootout in Kansas.

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Swaraj took on to the micro-blogging site Twitter to express condolences to the bereaved family of Kuchibhotla who was killed during the shootout. Upon hearing hearing the news, Swaraj immediately contacted the Indian Ambassador in the US, Navtej Sarna who confirmed that two Indian officials have rushed to Kansas.

"Indian Ambassador has also informed me that Alok Madasani who was injured in the incident has been discharged from the hospital," she also tweeted.

An Indian-origin man was killed and another injured by a former Navy serviceman who mistook them for "Middle Easterners". The man also shot and injured a non-Indian American who is hailed as a hero as he tried to protect the two during the attack on Wednesday night in Olathe, Kansas State.

Srinivas Kuchibhotla died and Alok Madasani was injured when Adam W. Purinton shot them at a bar after telling them "get out of my country".

According to his profile on LinkedIn, Kuchibhotla, 32, graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad in 2005 with an electrical engineering degree. He received a master's degree from the University of Texas in El Paso and was working as an aviation programmes manager with Garmin, an electronics manufacturer best known for its consumer navigation systems.

OneIndia News (with inputs from agencies)