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Wife of Indian shot dead by American asks ‘do we belong here’ Dumala said she was concerned about shootings incidents in America and had doubted whether they should stay in the country By: PTI | Houston | Published:February 25, 2017 8:26 am [Photo: Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the Indian who was killed in the shooting at the bar in Kansas] The wife of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in an apparent hate crime by a Navy veteran at a bar in Olathe city, has said that she had her doubts about staying in the US but was assured by her husband that “good things happen in America”. Speaking at a news conference organised by GPS-maker Garmin where Srinivas worked, Sunayana Dumala said reports of bias in the US make minorities afraid as she questioned “do we belong here”. She said she now wonders what will the US government do to stop hate crimes against minorities. Dumala said she was concerned about shootings incidents in America and had doubted whether they should stay in the country, but her husband said that assured her saying that “good things happen in America.” Consul General of India in Houston Anupam Ray is supervising the current situation and providing all possible help for the grieving family and the community in Olathe area of Kansas. “Immediately when the incident occurred, Consulate rushed Deputy Consul RD Joshi and Vice Consul H Singh to Kansas to be with the family of Srinivas at this trying moment,” Ray told PTI. [Video: Indian Killed In Kansas Bar Shooting] Ever since, they have been with the family of Srinivas and have assured Sunayna of all possible support and help at this grieving moment, he said. Consul Joshi also met the shocked and frightened Indian community in Olathe and Alok Madasani injured in the shooting on Wednesday night. Madasani is now stable and has been discharged from the hospital. A third person, an American man identified as Ian Grillot, 24, who tried to intervene also received injuries in the firing at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe in Kansas City in the US state of Missouri. A University of Kansas Hospital spokeswoman said he is in fair condition. The incident evoked outrage in the US and India with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj expressing shock over the incident. “I am shocked at the shooting incident in Kansas in which Srinivas Kuchibhotla has been killed. My heartfelt condolences to bereaved family,” she said in a tweet yesterday. ***The shooter, Adam Purinton, reportedly got into an argument with the victims in the terms of racism, and shouted “get out of my country”, “terrorist” before shooting them. He reportedly provoked them into an argument asking about their presence and work in his country, and how they are better than him. According to police, Purinton left the bar after the argument and then returned with a gun and shot the three men.*** [Emphasis added.] He was arrested on Thursday, five hours after the incident and charged with one count of premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted premeditated first-degree murder in Johnson County, Kansas, District Attorney Stephen Howe told reporters. Howe, however, declined to elaborate on the motive of the incident, although local police said they were working with the FBI to investigate the case. The FBI was looking at whether it was a hate crime. An FBI spokesperson said agents and police canvassed the area on Thursday and the investigation continued yesterday. Some eye-witnesses have said the attack was racially motivated. One bystander told the Kansas City Star that the gunman shouted “get out of my country” before shooting the Indian victims. Grillot said in a recorded interview on Thursday that the bullet went through his right hand and into his chest, just missing a major artery but fracturing a vertebra in his neck ***The shooting incident comes at a time when hate crimes and acts of bigotry have risen notably in America after President Donald Trump came to power. According to Garmin, Kuchibhotla and Madasani worked in the company’s aviation systems. “Unfortunately, two associates on our Aviation Systems Engineering team, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani, were shot. We are devastated to inform you that Srinivas passed away and Alok is currently recovering in the hospital,” Garmin said.*** [Emphasis added.] Kuchibhotla and Madasani hailed from Hyderabad and Warangal respectively. Kuchibhotla posted on LinkedIn in 2014 that he managed helicopter programmes. He had a master’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Hyderabad. A 2014 post on LinkedIn said Madasani was an aviation programme coordinator manager at Garmin. II. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-muhammad-ali-son-detained-20170225-story.html Muhammad Ali’s son may sue after being detained at Florida airport and questioned about his religion [Photo: Muhammad Ali, right, in a 1973 bout with Ken Norton. Ali's son, Muhammad Ali Jr., was detained and questioned at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Feb. 7. (Associated Press)] By Jenny Jarvie FEBRUARY 25, 2017 Muhammad Ali Jr., son of the late boxing legend and civil rights hero, is considering legal action after he was detained this month at a Florida airport and questioned about his religion, the family’s lawyer said Saturday. According to Chris Mancini, border agents pulled the 44-year-old Ali aside for secondary questioning at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Feb 7. as he and his mother, Khalilah Camacho-Ali, returned from a trip to Jamaica. Agents released Camacho-Ali, Muhammad Ali’s second wife, when she presented a photo of herself with her ex-husband. Yet they questioned her son for an hour and 45 minutes, Mancini said, repeatedly asking him: “Where were you born?” "Are you a Muslim?" and "Where did you get your name from?" Ali, a Muslim, is a U.S. citizen who was born in Philadelphia in 1972. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that the agency could not discuss individual travelers due to the restrictions of the Privacy Act. “All international travelers arriving in the U.S. are subject to CBP inspection,” the agency added in an email. Mancini, a former assistant U.S. attorney, said the questions struck him as "profile questions," potentially violating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, as well as the 1st and 14th Amendments of the Constitution. ***Ali’s experience, he said, appeared to be a direct result of President Trump’s efforts to subject Muslims entering the country to “extreme vetting.”*** [Emphasis added.] ***“We do not discriminate on the basis of religion — that’s been one of the basic, foundational principles of life in America since this country was founded — and then along comes Donald Trump, who pledges in his campaign that he’s going to ban all Muslims,” Mancini said.*** [Emphasis added.] During his first week in office, Trump signed an executive order that temporarily suspended travel from seven predominantly Muslim nations to the U.S. That order has been blocked by federal courts, but administration officials say they will soon introduce new travel restrictions targeting countries with links to terrorism. Mancini, who is trying to collect information about similar cases for a possible federal lawsuit, said Ali’s experience suggested federal agents were using their discretion to broaden the scope of border inspections. “The White House can’t get this done by executive order,” Mancini said. “I believe we’re starting to see that they have a program in place to do this through executive action, through the agencies he controls — Homeland Security, immigration, customs. Muhammad Ali Jr., he just stepped into that.” Ali is not the first traveler to complain about treatment by immigration officials in Fort Lauderdale under the Trump administration. Earlier this month, Stacy-Marie Ishmael, a reporter who has worked for Buzzfeed and the Financial Times, reported on Twitter that her Trinidadian husband, a U.S. permanent resident, was detained for more than three hours at the Fort Lauderdale airport. 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