Haryana doctor’s NGO in US helps repatriate body of Jind man shot dead in California

Village sarpanch Suresh Gautam told The Indian Express, “After Kapil’s demise, Ranbir Lohan, a Narnaund resident, visited the family and assured them of all possible help in repatriating the body. Ranbir’s brother, Jasbir Lohan, is actively engaged with an NGO in the US. The NGO helped complete all formalities for the repatriation and arranged Kapil’s air transportation.”

“All villagers are grateful to the NGO. Without its support, it would have been extremely difficult to bring the body back to India, especially considering the family’s poor economic condition as they own less than two acres,l” Gautam added.

Villagers said Kapil had left for the US around two and a half years ago, allegedly via the “dunki route” after spending close to Rs 45 lakh. He was reportedly arrested shortly after entering the US by scaling the Mexico border wall, but was later released and settled there.

Ranbir, president of Yari India, a sister organisation of Yari International, said, “The US-based NGO facilitated the repatriation of 57 bodies in 2024 and 2025, including 27 who entered the country through the dunki route. Apart from Kapil, the body of a Kaithal district resident, who was killed in 2024, was also brought back to India. Of the remaining 55, most died in road accidents or due to heart failure.”

According to Lohan, his brother Dr Jasbir Lohan, who specialises in mental health, worked at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh for three years before moving to the US in 2007.