Chandrashekar Pole, a 27-year-old Indian student from Hyderabad, was shot dead while working at a gas station in Dallas, Texas, late Friday night. The student had moved to the US in 2023 to pursue higher studies after completing his Bachelor of Dental Surgery in Hyderabad.
He had completed his master’s degree six months ago and was seeking full-time employment while working part-time at the gas station. Following the incident, his family has requested government assistance to repatriate his body from the US.
BRS MLA Sudhir Reddy and former minister T Harish Rao visited the Pole family in Hyderabad on Saturday. Rao expressed deep sorrow over the incident, describing it as a tragic loss.
On a post on X, Rao added that witnessing the grief of Pole’s parents, who had high hopes for their son’s future, was heartbreaking.
Rao reiterated that the death of Chandrashekar Pole was a tragic loss and demanded that the government take immediate steps to facilitate the repatriation of his body to Hyderabad.
“It is tragic that Chandra Shekhar Pole, a Dalit student from Nagar who completed BDS and went to America (Dallas) higher studies, died in a shooting carried out by miscreants early morning. The pain that the parents are going through, knowing that their son, who they believed would reach great heights, is no more, is heart-wrenching to witness. My deepest condolences to their family members. We, on behalf of BRS, demand that the state government take initiative and make efforts to bring Chandra Shekhar’s mortal remains to his hometown as quickly as possible,” Rao said in the post.
(More details are awaited.)
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