Devoleena Seeks PM Modi's Help After Her Friend Shot Dead in US: 'We Should Know Reason of His Murder'

Devoleena Bhattacharjee who has been a part of several Indian reality television shows like Dance India Dance 2, Bigg Boss 13, 14 and 15 as well as daily soaps like Sawaare Sabke Sapne… Preeto, Saath Nibhaana Saathiya approached PM Narendra Modi after her friend was shot dead in the US, while he was out on a walk.

Tagging PM Modi, Indian Embassy US, Dr S Jaishankar, Devoleena took to her X(formerly Twitter) handle and informed, “My friend #Amarnathghosh was shot & killed in St louis academy neigbourhood, US on tuesday evening. Only child in the family, mother died 3 years back. Father passed away during his childhood.”

She continued, “Well the reason , accused details everything are not revealed yet or perhaps no one left in his family to fight for it except his few friends. He was from kolkata. Excellent dancer , was pursuing PHD , was taking an evening walk and suddenly he was shot multiple times by an unknown. Some friends in US are trying to claim the body but still no update about it. @IndianEmbassyUS kindly see to it if you could. Atleast we should know the reason of his murder. @DrSJaishankar @narendramodi.”

Back-to-back deaths of Indian students at colleges across the US has shook the Indian-American community as well as citizens back home and concerned fellow students studying there as well. Seven students of both Indian and Indian-American origin have died in 2024 alone. All of them who died were men and are 25 years old and under.

Two of them died by suicide, two died due to alleged overdose, two were found dead after they went missing and one was beaten to death. All of these deaths were reported from several states ranging from Connecticut to Indiana.

Indians constitute more than 25% of all international students in the US.

A couple of weeks ago, the US State Department said the recent spate of attacks on Indian students in the US is “unacceptable” and said the administration under US President Joe Biden is working hard to ‘thwart and disrupt’ these incidents.

“There’s no excuse for violence, certainly based on — on race or — or gender or religion or any other factor. That’s just unacceptable here in the United States,” White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said.

“The President and this administration has been working very, very hard to make sure we’re doing everything we can to work with state and local authorities to try to thwart and disrupt those kinds of attacks and make it clear to anybody who might consider them that they’ll be held properly accountable,” Kirby further added.