'Trump is the primary reason': Family reacts to Indian engineer's shooting in Kansas

A relative of the Indian engineer who was shot and killed in Kansas city in a possible hate crime blamed US President Donald Trump.

ANI reported the victim Srinivas Kuchibhotla's relative as saying, "This is the first time it happened to our family. Trump is only the primary reason as of now."

"A racist person said 'get out of my country' and targeted my brother and his friend," the relative added. 

He further states the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, BJP activists, and the Telangana government were helping the family to help them bring back the body to India at the earliest.

32-year-old Kuchibhotla, who was working at the Garmin headquarters in Olathe, was killed in the shooting on Wednesday night, while another Indian and his colleague Alok Madasani was critically injured.

Madasani was released from the hospital on Thursday. One other identified as Ian Grillot was also injured in the shooting.

The accused, Adam Purinton, 51, was arrested on Thursday morning, five hours after the incident. "It was a tragic and senseless act of violence," Olathe Police Chief Steven Menke told reporters. The suspect has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder and his bond set at $2 million.

With agency inputs.