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After Srinivas Kuchibhotla Indian origin businessman shot dead in US

| | Mar 04, 2017, at 07:13 pm
New York, Mar 4 (IBNS) : A week after the murder of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian-origin businessman was shot dead in Lancaster County in the US state of South Carolina, media reports said.

According  reports, Harnish Patel, 34, was found dead with bullet wounds in the yard of his home.

Reports quoted police as saying that  Patel closed his store late in the evening on Thursday and left for home in his vehicle.

He is survived by his wife and young child.

Police are seeking information that could provide clues to the murder.

So far no arrests have been made.

Patel's death comes two days after President Donald Trump had condemned as "hate and evil" the killing of Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a Kansas City bar.

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