washington, The incidents of murders of Indians living abroad are continuously increasing. Be it Canada or America, a large number of Indians and many Gujaratis live there. Some come here for business or study. As such, questions are being raised about their security for some time now. Today once again the case of murder of a Gujarati student has come to the fore in America.
A 20-year-old student of Kutch origin has been killed in the American state of Indiana. Varun Manish Chheda, a 20-year-old student studying at Purdue University in the state of Indiana, was murdered in a hostel. According to media reports, his Korean roommate has been taken into custody.
The reason for the murder is yet to be ascertained. Varun Manish was found dead in McCutcheon Hall on the west side of the Chheda compound, police said on Wednesday. Another student of the university was arrested on Wednesday on charges of murder. This information has been given by quoting the police chief of the school.
Purdue University Police Chief Leslie Viet said at a press conference Wednesday morning that Jee Min Jimmy Sha, a junior cyber security chief from Korea and an international student, called 911 at about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday to report the incident to police. However, the details of the call have not been disclosed yet.
Officials said the incident occurred in a room on the first floor of McCutcheon Hall. Many people heard her screams on Wednesday. Let me tell you that Chheda was studying data science in the university. According to the preliminary postmortem report, Kheda died of multiple blunt force injuries.
Many university students gathered to mourn Varun’s death. Chheda’s childhood friend Arunabh Sinha said that Chheda was playing online games and talking to friends on Tuesday night.
Suddenly a scream was heard from his room. Officer Viet said Shan, 22, was taken into custody minutes after calling 911 and taken to the police station for further investigation.HS1MS
