New Delhi:
Television actor Devoleena Bhattacharjee has sought the help of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government after her friend was shot dead in the US on Tuesday. She said her boyfriend was out for an evening walk when “he was shot multiple times by an unknown (person).”
“My friend #Amarnathghosh was shot and killed in the academy district of St. Louis, USA on Tuesday night,” Ms. Bhattacharjee wrote in a post on X.
My friend #Amarnathghosh was shot and killed Tuesday evening in the St. Louis Academy neighborhood, USA.
Only child in the family, mother died 3 years ago. Father died during childhood.
Well, the reason, the accused details, everything has not been revealed yet or maybe no one…
— Devoleena Bhattacharjee (@Devoleena_23) March 1, 2024
She said Mr Ghosh was the “only child in the family, the mother died three years ago and the father died during his childhood”.
“Well, the reason, the details of the allegations and everything have not been revealed yet, or maybe there is no one left in his family to fight for it, except his few friends. He was from Kolkata. Excellent dancer, was doing PHD, was taking an evening walk and suddenly he was shot several times by an unknown person,” the actor wrote.
The 38-year-old said some friends in the US are trying to claim the body but there is still no update on it, as she tagged the Indian Embassy in the US, Prime Minister Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on her post .
The post comes amid a wave of violence against Indians and Indian-Americans in the country in recent months.
Recently, a motel owner of Indian descent was shot dead by a homeless intruder in the city of Newport, North Carolina.
On February 10, a 41-year-old IT manager of Indian origin died after suffering life-threatening injuries during an attack outside a restaurant in Washington.
Earlier, 25-year-old Indian student Vivek Saini was murdered in the city of Lithonia, Georgia, by a homeless drug addict.