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3 Arrested For Beating Indian Student, Forcing Him Into Labour For Months
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3 Arrested For Beating Indian Student, Forcing Him Into Labour For Months

[ad_1] The victim is safe and being treated at a hospital for multiple bone fractures.Washington: Authorities in the US have rescued a 20-year-old Indian student, who was held captive for months without access to a bathroom, viciously beaten, and forced to work at three homes by his cousin and two other men in an incident described as "absolutely inhumane and unconscionable." The victim, whose name was not disclosed, spent months trapped in three homes in the US state of Missouri.On Wednesday, police descended upon a home on a rural highway in St Charles County. They later arrested Venkatesh R Sattaru, Sravan Varma Penumetcha and Nikhil Verma Penmatsa, and on Thursday charged them with offences including human trafficking, kidnapping and assault.Police were dispatched to investigate the ...
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Who Was Jaahnavi Kandula, Indian Student Killed By Police Vehicle In US
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Who Was Jaahnavi Kandula, Indian Student Killed By Police Vehicle In US

[ad_1] Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, was from Andhra Pradesh.US has assured of a fair probe after a video showing a cop joking about the death of an Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in Seattle after she was hit by a speeding police car went viral. The Indian Consulate in San Francisco had expressed concern over the handling of the case. The video shows officer Daniel Auderer laughing about the deadly crash and saying there was no need for a criminal investigation against his colleague Kevin Dave, who was driving the car.Who was Jaahnavi Kandula?The 23-year-old was from Andhra Pradesh and pursuing a master's degree from the Northeastern University campus in South Lake Union.She went to the US from Bengaluru on a student exchange programme in 2021 and was due to graduate this December.Ms Kandula's ...
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2 Indians Cheat 69-Year-Old US Woman Of $80,000, Arrested
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2 Indians Cheat 69-Year-Old US Woman Of $80,000, Arrested

[ad_1] The officers hadn't yet recovered any of her money, police said. (Representational)New York: Two Indian men have been arrested in the US state of Florida for allegedly defrauding a 69-year-old woman of $80,000 through a phone scam, a media report said.Parth Patel, 33, and Jayarami Kuruguntla, 25, were both arrested and booked by the Ocala Police Department when the woman grew suspicious of the scammer's attempt to get $50,000 the third time, a WFTV9 news reported last week.The woman received a pop-up message on her iPad on May 23 claiming her bank had been compromised and that she needed to call on a number.When she called on the provided phone number, the scammer told her she was a suspect in a child pornography case.The scammer told the victim that a $30,000 purchase of child po...
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Body Of Missing Indian-American Engineer Recovered From Lake in Maryland
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Body Of Missing Indian-American Engineer Recovered From Lake in Maryland

[ad_1] According to Ankit Bagai's family, he was prescribed several life-saving medications (File)Washington: The body of a 30-year-old Indian-American software engineer who went missing on April 9 was recovered from a lake in the US state of Maryland, police said.Ankit Bagai of German town was found in Lake Churchill by officers who were called to the area after a body was reportedly seen in the water, a Montgomery police statement said on Tuesday.Ankit Bagai was last spotted on April 9 at about 11.30 am when he left a treatment centre near Milestone Plaza after which his family led a search party on Sunday and believed he may have been in Virginia or Washington DC, a News4 report said.Ankit Bagai's family started their search at a local police station, going to several locations, inclu...
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2 Indian Nationals Among 5 Arrested By US Border Authorities
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2 Indian Nationals Among 5 Arrested By US Border Authorities

[ad_1] The persons are being processed for US immigration violations.New York: Two Indian nationals were among five persons arrested by US border authorities after they were apprehended for illegally crossing into the country from Canada by boat.US Border Patrol agents from the Detroit Sector arrested the five foreign nationals during a smuggling attempt near Algonac in the US state of Michigan, a statement by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Wednesday.It said Border Patrol dispatchers monitoring the remote video surveillance system late in night on February 20 observed a vessel on the St. Clair River cross the international border near a known smuggling route and immediately contacted agents in the area.The agents responded to the area and immediately encountered five ...
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