Family, friends and relatives gathered at Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills area to bid a tearful farewell to Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the Indian engineer who was shot last week at a Kansas bar in an alleged hate crime.
K Madhusudhana Sastry performed the last rites of his son at the Mahaprasthanam crematorium as some of the mourners, including the techie's friends were seen carrying placards with slogans like “down with racism”.
Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, BJP General Secretary Muralidhar Rao, other leaders from political parties, actor couple Jeevitha and Rajasekhar also paid their last respects.
As his final journey began, the engineer's parents were inconsolable while his wife Sunayana Dumala, who arrived with the mortal remains on Monday night, broke down as she caught a glimpse of him for the one last time.
Step Up and Speak Out: Hillary Tells Trump
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged US President Donald Trump to break his silence on the issue.
She said: “With threats and hate crimes on the rise, we shouldn’t have to tell President Trump to do his part. He must step up and speak out.”
Even New York Times, a leading US daily has said, warning that Trump’s silence will "damage" the vitality and strength of the country.
“President Trump and his administration have not only tried to keep many immigrants and foreign visitors out of the country, they have done so by casting them as criminals, potential terrorists and trespassers, out to steal the jobs and threaten the lives of Americans,” the NYT said on Monday in its editorial ‘Who Belongs in Trump's America?’
“Rather than tamp down hate, the president has stoked it,” it said. “He has not said anything about the Kansas shooting,” the paper added.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS)
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