Slain techie's body to reach Hyd on Monday

The body of Hyderabad engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the US in what appears to be a hate crime, will arrive here on Monday. Telangana Minister for NRI Affairs K T Rama Rao said the body will arrive by Air India flight at 9.45 pm. After consoling the parents of Srinivas, he told reporters that the slain engineer's wife Sunayana Dumala and other relatives will accompany the body.

The minister visited the house of Srinivas in Bachupally here and consoled his parents and other family members. He spoke to Sinivas' father K Madhusudhana Sastry and mother Parvata Vardhini, who was inconsolable. He later told reporters that Srinivas' parents said while no government can bring back their son, all efforts should be made to prevent such incidents in future so that parents of others are saved of this agony. Rama Rao said that such incidents do raise concern among parents and relatives of those who have gone to the US for jobs or higher education.