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Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s killer gets life imprisonment
Washington, May 05, 2018 07:51 IST
Srinivas Kuchibhotla, right, poses for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | Photo Credit: AP
A US Navy veteran who killed Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas City last year has been sentenced to life in prison.
In March this year, Adam Purinton, 52, had pleaded guilty to the charges of murdering Kuchibhotla.
He was charged with first-degree murder of Kuchibhotla, 32, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shootings of his friend, Alok Madasani, and a bystander, who chased Purinton after he fled the Austin’s Bar and Grill in Olathe city on February 22 last year.
Witnesses said Purinton, who is white, uttered racial slurs at Kuchibhotla and his friend, Madasani, both 32, as they enjoyed an after-work drink. He was asked to leave but eventually returned and yelled “Get out of my country!” before firing at the men. A third man, Ian Grillot, was wounded when he tried to intervene.
Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s killer gets life imprisonment
Washington, May 05, 2018 07:51 IST
Srinivas Kuchibhotla, right, poses for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. | Photo Credit: AP
A US Navy veteran who killed Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas City last year has been sentenced to life in prison.
In March this year, Adam Purinton, 52, had pleaded guilty to the charges of murdering Kuchibhotla.
He was charged with first-degree murder of Kuchibhotla, 32, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shootings of his friend, Alok Madasani, and a bystander, who chased Purinton after he fled the Austin’s Bar and Grill in Olathe city on February 22 last year.
Witnesses said Purinton, who is white, uttered racial slurs at Kuchibhotla and his friend, Madasani, both 32, as they enjoyed an after-work drink. He was asked to leave but eventually returned and yelled “Get out of my country!” before firing at the men. A third man, Ian Grillot, was wounded when he tried to intervene.
