Telangana village in shock after murder of youth in U.S.

The 24-year-old youth, who was pursuing M.S. there, was returning home when miscreants shot him dead

IRREPARABLE LOSS: The inconsolable mother of the victim in Vangapahad village, Warangal, on Sunday.

The tiny Vangapahad village on the city outskirts woke up to a rude shock on Sunday that their fellow villager — Mamidala Vamshi Reddy who went for studies — has been killed by unknown miscreants at California in the U.S. last night.

The 24-year-old youth, who was pursuing MS, was doing a part-time job. He was returning home when unknown miscreants shot him dead, according to information reaching here.

The U.S. police called up the family back here in Vangapahad and informed about their son’s killing.

A sobbing Sanjeeva Reddy, the victim’s father said that his son called him a few hours ago and said he would be coming home in four days. He said it was unimaginable that he would have to hear such a news.

“A few hours earlier, he called me. I pursuaded him to come back as he is the only son and wanted him to stay here in India,” he said sharing his grief. The parents were planning to get him marry off next year and was on looking for a suitable match.

Rakesh Reddy, a neighbour of the family said, the youth went to the U.S. in September 2015 to puruse MS. He was doing a part-time job to make his ends meet. “It is shocking to know that the boy is no more. He was a promising boy and the only son in the family,” he said. Large number of villagers thronged the house and joined the parents in the mourning. Kazipet Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) B. Janardhan paid a visit to Vangapahad and consoled the family members.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari expressed shock at the killing of Vamshi and said the State government would initiate process to get the body of the deceased back home at the earliest.