The murder of 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian technology worker from Hyderabad, by Adam Purinton, a white US Navy veteran, in a crowded bar in Kansas City last week has understandably shocked the whole country. Before opening fire on Kuchibhotla and his friend, Alok Madasani, who was injured in the shooting, Mr Purinton reportedly shouted, “Get out of my country”. He confessed later that he had mistaken them for West Asian Muslims. There is no doubt that this is yet another example of racial hate crime in the US.
The incident has understandably led to fear among the minority Indian-American
