Days after Hdyerabd student was killed in the US, another Indian student was shot dead by an unidentified person at San Bernardino, California, in the US, on Thursday. The deceased identified as Abhishek Sudhesh Bhat, was pursuing master’s in computer science at California State University. He was working at a motel as a part-time job where the incident happened.
The family members were informed by Abhishek’s friend, who also works in the same motel. The deceased is the son of Sudesh Chand and Nandini Aithal of Kuvempu Nagar in Mysuru and grandson of writer K Shivaram Aithal. One of the family members said CCTV cameras near the motel had captured the attack and the US police were trying to ascertain the identity of the attacker. The California state university principal is said to have spoken to Abhishek’s parents.
On Facebook, Abhishek had said he had been appointed as a teaching assistant to Dr Ernesto Gomez at the California State University, San Bernardino College of Natural Sciences, from October 31.
