Hyderabad, January 24

A pupil from Andhra Pradesh was killed and one other from Telangana was injured when robbers opened hearth on them within the United States.

The incident occurred on Sunday at Princeton Park in Chicago, in line with data reaching the households of the scholars.

Nandapu Devansh (23) from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh was killed whereas Koppala Sai Charan from Hyderabad was injured. Another pupil Laxman from Visakhapatnam escaped unharmed.

The three college students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh had gone to the US solely 10 days in the past following their admission to Chicago’s Governors State University.

They had taken an lodging on hire in Chicago and have been staying collectively. On Sunday night, the trio went out to purchase a router for Internet connection. While they have been on their option to a shopping center, two armed robbers waylaid them. The burglars ordered the scholars handy over their cellphones. They even shared the PIN to unlock the telephones.

The burglars additionally looted cash from the scholars. While leaving the scene, the armed males opened hearth. Devasnh and Sai Charan sustained bullet wounds whereas Laxman narrowly escaped.

The victims alerted police, who rushed there and shifted the injured to hospital. Devansh succumbed whereas present process remedy.

Sai Charan was admitted to the University Medical Centre. He was stated to be out of hazard.

A resident of BHEL in Hyderabad, Charan had landed in Chicago on January 13 for doing MS.

His buddies within the US knowledgeable his dad and mom Ok. Srinivas and Ok.V.M. Laxmi concerning the incident. The pupil’s dad and mom have been shocked. They appealed to the state authorities to intervene to make sure Charan was given correct medical care.

IANS