Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Akshay Vishal,Satyam Software engineer from India shot dead in US

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Akshay Vishal, a software engineer from Hyderabad, was shot dead by unidentified people in Arkansas in the US, his father said on Thursday.

Vishal, 26, was an employee of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Limited and was on contract with US company Jet Falcon. His friends informed the family about his death on Wednesday.

Vishal's father N Lakshman Murthy told reporters in Hyderabad that his son was getting into a car when some unidentified persons shot him in the legs in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday.

"He was profusely bleeding and was rushed to a hospital but he succumbed to the injuries," said Murthy.

The motive behind the killing is not known but Murthy, an official of the state-owned Bharast Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), quoted Vishal's friends as saying that some African Americans shot him after an altercation.

The family plunged into gloom on the festival of Makar Sankranti. Vishal had earlier called to wish them on the occasion.

"He had called us from office and promised to call again after reaching home," said Murthy.

Vishal, who held a MS degree from Alaska University, had gone to the US four years ago.

Murthy said they were told that it would take a week for the US authorities to send Vishal's body to Hyderabad.

"We want to go there to receive the body but we don't have passports and have requested the state government to arrange passports for us," he said.

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