Kansas Police declare reward for info on Indian-origin student’s murderer

In the Kansas city, an Indian-origin student from Telangana was robbed and murdered. In regard to the same Kansas Police announced a reward of USD 10,000 for providing information about the suspect.

The suspected murderer can be seen in the cctv footage that police released on their Twitter handle.

Looking for this suspect in the robbery & murder of 25-y.o. Sharath Kopuu at 5412 Prospect last night. Sharath was from India and is a student at UMKC. $10,000 reward for info leading to charges in this (& every KCMO murder) https://t.co/qUxkcItwXf

— Kansas City Police (@kcpolice) July 7, 2018

The Police tweeted, “Looking for this suspect in the robbery & murder of 25-y.o. Sharath Kopuu at 5412 Prospect last night. Sharath was from India and is a student at UMKC. $10,000 reward for info leading to charges in this (& every KCMO murder).”

The student is identified as Sharath Koppu, a 26-year-old student from Telangana who was killed after unknown persons opened fire at a restaurant in Kansas City.

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He was studying at the University of Missouri-Kansas City or UMKC.

A group of unidentified miscreants opened fire at a restaurant in Kansas, during which Sharath received five bullet injuries told victim’s cousin.

“My cousin (Sharath Koppu) moved to the USA in January this year, after he received a full scholarship to study at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Last night, we got to know that he was brutally killed by gunshots fired by unknown people around 8 pm (USA time). This is a very sad day for all of us,” said the victim’s cousin, Sandeep Vemulakonda.

Sandeep urged External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to look into the matter and nab the culprit.

He also requested the Indian Embassy in the USA to send Sharath’s body to Hyderabad for the last rites.

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