New Delhi: A 26-year-old man, from the Jind district of Haryana, was shot dead in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday after he objected to a person urinating in public.
The man, identified as Kapil, was a resident of Brah Kalan in Jind and worked as a security guard in the US after entering that country through the infamous ‘Dunki’ route two-and-a-half years ago.
According to Suresh Kumar Gautam, the sarpanch of Brah Kalan, Kapil was on duty when he confronted a man for urinating outside the premises. The man pulled out a pistol and shot Kapil dead.
The victim’s uncle Ramesh Kumar, who runs a tractor agency in Jind’s Pillu Khera, said that his nephew was working at a store in Los Angeles and they received news of his death on Saturday evening.
“We got information from US police officials about Kapil’s death. The officials told us that Kapil had asked a US national not to urinate on the road near his store and then a verbal spat ensued, following which the local man took out his pistol and shot at my nephew. Kapil was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead,” Kumar said.
Kumar said that his nephew’s post-mortem will be conducted on Wednesday due to a two-day holiday in the US. He also said that they will have to pay Rs 15 lakh to bring Kapil’s body back to the native village.
“Our dreams were shattered. He had applied for a green card and we were expecting a bright future for him,” he added.
The village sarpanch has said that he will accompany Kapil’s family to meet the Jind DC and urge the state government to help the family in bringing the youth’s body to India.
Kapil, who is survived by his parents and two sisters, has paid Rs 45 lakh to an agent in 2022 to enter the US illegally. The donkey or ‘Dunki’ route took him through the jungles of Panama before he scaled the Mexico border wall.
After being arrested, he received legal help and was released. He then took up the job as a store security guard.
