Ludhiana man in US shot dead
Tuesday, 07/10/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141007/punjab.htm#22
Ludhiana : A 34-year-old NRI from Ludhiana was shot dead in Ohio, US, on Sunday. A pall of gloom descended on Sachin Rana house in Madhopuri area here. The deceased’s 64-year-old father Charanji Lal said his daughter Sonia, who lived in California, called up his second daughter Rashmi in Hoshiarpur to inform her about the death.
“Sachin caught a man while stealing valuables from a store. Hurling abuses at Sachin, the man pulled out a weapon and fired two shots, killing my son on the spot. I have lost everything at the fag-end of life,” said a disconsolate Charanji Lal.
A former student of Brahmrishi Bawra Senior Secondary School, Madhopuri, Sachin did odd jobs to fund his education. Charanji Lal, a knitting machine mechanic, said Sachin had done a course in computers and was earning well. He was married to Dia, an American. “We request the Ministry of External Affairs to intervene so that my son’s body can be flown to India for last rites” said Charanji Lal, struggling to hold back his tears. Charanji Lal said Sachin had often talked about the poor law and order situation in Ohio and was planning to move to California. “Worried at the growing gun culture, Sachin and his wife had last year left their daughter with us. The child has no clue about the tragedy,” he said.
