A 28-year-old Indian national from Punjab was shot by an unidentified individual in New York City’s Brooklyn while delivering pizza.
Further details on the incident are awaited. The incident comes days after a 62-year-old Gujarati businessman was shot dead inside his store in Jackson, Tennessee, ANI news agency reported. The victim’s 19-year-old daughter witnessed the crime. Patel, who had been living in the US for the past 30 years, had reportedly started a new business in Jackson City a week before the incident.
The attack was suspected to be a robbery bid, according to an NDTV report. A masked assailant entered Suresh Parsottamdas Patel’s store on Thursday, allegedly robbed cash from the drawer and then shot Patel, killing him on the spot, according to the ANI report.
The deceased’s father, Pyara Lal, said his son had taken a heavy debt burden to travel to the US, but had faced challenges for a long time after reaching there, NDTV reported. Singh, who was working as a delivery partner in New York City, was currently residing there on a US work permit, and had not visited his family for the past nine years. The deceased, identified as Gurdeep Singh, hails from Jabowal village in Kapurthala district in Punjab, and had travelled to the United States via ‘dunki route’ in 2017, according to his family.
Lal said that Singh had worked day and night to build a better life for his family.
