Times of India (April 24, 2012)
NEW YORK: A 24-year-old Indian student, who was found dead near the
Boston University campus, was not a victim of hate crime and his
killing appears to be an isolated incident, a prominent Indian-American
organisation has said.
Odisha native K Seshadri Rao, a student at Boston University's Graduate
School of Management, was shot in the head and leg in the early hours
of April 19.
He was pronounced dead on the scene by Boston police.
Telugu Association of North America executive vice- president Mohan
Nannapaneni said Rao's killing was not a hate crime, as is being
speculated in some sections of the media.
"It is absolutely not a hate crime. It is an isolated incident. We do
not yet know who did it and why but it is definitely not a hate or
targetted crime," Nannapaneni told PTI over phone from Boston.
The police has some good leads in the case and any speculation about
the cause of the shooting could jeopardise the investigation, he said.
No arrests have yet been made in the case.
Nannapaneni said students from across the world come to study at Boston
University and he has not heard of any incident where a student has
been targetted because of his race.
He termed as false and incorrect some reports that said Rao was
"dragged" from his apartment and shot because of his race.
Nannapaneni said he had spoken to Rao's roommates who denied that the
young student was dragged from his rented house or that they were under
attack because of their Indian background.
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