Washington, Jan 15: Yet another Indian shot dead in United States. 25-year-old Akshay Vishal, a Satyam employee from Hyderabad was near his car when a brawl took place and he was shot twice in his leg. Vishal was taken to hospital immediately, but was soon declared dead. He was on contract with Jet Falcon, a company in United States. Doctors said that  Vishal's death was the result of severe internal bleeding.

Satyam Management informed the family later. Akshay Vishal left India four years before. MS degree holder from Alaska University, he was living at Little Rock in Arkansas. Vishal's family is yet to recover from the shock.

In 2008 over six Indians were attacked in US, all between the age group of 22-25.

--In Nov Shashank Pulluru was shot outside his apartment in Murfreeboro. He was pursuing his MBA.

--Again on Nov 24 Aparna Jinaga, a software employee was found dead in her apartment in Seattle.

--In Sep, Soumya Reddy and her cousin Vikram was found murdered. Their bodies were recovered from their car in St.Louis.

--In March, Akkaldevi Srinivas's (29) was found dead with stab wounds on his neck in his Pennsylvania apartment.


OneIndia News (With inputs from Agencies)