2 Telugu students shot at in Chicago

Ch Sushil Rao / TNN / Updated: Jan 24, 2023, 09:31 IST

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HYDERABAD: A student from Hyderabad - who had landed in the US just 10 days ago - was shot at in a robbery attempt in Chicago on Sunday. Another Telugu student, Devansh (23) from Vijayawada, who was with him was also injured.
The student from the city, K Sai Charan, had gone to the US on January 11 to pursue MS from Governors State University in Chicago. He is said to be out of danger, according to his parents.
"I understand there was an incident in which my son was injured. We are in a state of shock," Sai Charan's father Srinivas Rao told media at his residence at BHEL LIG colony, Ramachandrapuram.
"We have been informed by my son's friends that he is safe," Srinivas said, adding that the incident took place on January 22 evening. Over the weekend, Chicago police department reported that 30 people were shot at and seven had died.

It gave details of various incidents. In description matching Telugu students, police said, "In 8400 block of S Holland, on Jan 22, 2023, at 6:53pm two male victims, 22 and 23, were near a parking lot when they were approached by dark vehicle. Two offenders exited vehicle, presented handguns, demanded victim's property. Victims complied, offenders fired shots." "There are no offenders in custody."

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Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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