According to information reaching the families of the students, the incident took place on Sunday, Jan 22, at Princeton Park in Chicago.
Hyderabad: A student from Andhra Pradesh student from was killed and another from Telangana injured when armed robbers opened fire on them in the United States, an IANS report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
According to information reaching the families of the students, the incident took place on Sunday, Jan 22, at Princeton Park in Chicago.
Nandapu Devansh (23) from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh was killed while KoppalaSai Charan from Hyderabad was injured in the inident. Another student Laxman from Visakhapatnam escaped unhurt.
The three had gone to the US only 10 days ago following their admission to Chicago’s Governors State University.
They had taken an accommodation on rent in Chicago.
While on their way to a shopping mall to buy a router for Internet connection, they were intercepted by two armed robbers, who ordered the students to hand over their mobile phones. They even shared the PIN to unlock their phones.
The burglars also looted money from the students. While leaving the scene, the armed men opened fire. Devasnh and Sai Charan suffered bullet wounds while Laxman narrowly escaped.
The victims alerted the police, who rushed there and shifted the injured to hospital. Devansh succumbed while undergoing treatment.
Sai Charan was admitted to the University Medical Centre. He was reportedly out of danger.
A resident of BHEL in Hyderabad, Charan had landed in Chicago on January 13 to take up studies in MS
His friends in the US informed his parents K. Srinivas and K.V.M. Laxmi about the incident. The student’s parents were shocked. They appealed to the state government to intervene to ensure Charan was given proper medical care.
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