New Delhi: The Office of the Consulate General of India in Chicago said on Saturday that it is extending all possible help to relatives and deceased of Amarnath Ghosh, the Kuchipudi dancer from Kolkata, who was shot dead in the US state of Missouri.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, the Consulate said that it has strongly taken up the case with the St Louis police.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsulate is extending all help to relatives of deceased Amarnath Ghosh. Taken up the case strongly with St Louis police and the University for investigation of the reprehensible gun attack,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Consulate had offered condolences to Ghosh\u2019s family and friends and posted: \u201cWe are following up forensic, investigation with police & providing support\u201d.<\/p>\n
The incident was brought to notice by popular TV actress and \u2018Bigg Boss\u2019 regular Devoleena Bhattacharjee who in a post on X sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar\u2019s help, seeking early repatriation of her friend\u2019s body.<\/p>\n
She wrote in the post that Ghosh was the child in the family whose mother died three years back and father passed away during his childhood.<\/p>\n
Calling him an \u201cexcellent dancer\u201d who was pursuing PhD, Devoleena said that Ghosh was taking an evening walk when he \u201cwas shot multiple times by an unknown person\u201d on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A series of attacks beginning this year has put the focus back on the security and safety of Indian students across the US, which has seen at least five of them dying in mysterious circumstances in the last couple of months.<\/p>\n
(IANS)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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