‘Went to US to follow dancing dreams’: Kin of Indian shot dead in America

Amarnath, the only child of his parents who are no more, used to stay at Subhas Pally locality of Suri town.

Amarnath Ghosh was a performing artist, choreographer and art educator based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (Photo: amarnathendra.com)

He had migrated to the US last year to follow his dancing dreams, says Amarnath Ghosh’s uncle as he awaits details of his nephew’s death. Ghosh was shot several times near the border of St Louis’ Academy and Central West End neighbourhoods while he was out for an evening walk and had died on the spot.

“We had informed the district police and administration about what we had heard from various sources. But till today we don’t have any details about his death,” Amarnath’s uncle Shyamal Ghosh told news agency PTI.

Performing artist, art educator, and choreographer Amarnath Ghosh, who hailed from Suri town in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, had migrated to the US last year to pursue his master’s in the Performing Arts department at Washington University.

Hope we get the update of this heinous crime as early as possible. If i am not wrong this is 5th or 6th murder of Indian Students in 2 months. We all are worried here & griefing. https://t.co/4Nu5bRy4wd

— Devoleena Bhattacharjee (@Devoleena_23) March 2, 2024

Amarnath, the only child of his parents who are no more, used to stay at Subhas Pally locality of Suri town. Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, he was an alumni of Kalakshetra, a prestigious Chennai institution that is a vital centre for the study and performance of fine arts, from 2007 to 2011.

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According to PTI, local councillor Suparna Roy said that they didn’t have any information about the killing. No official of the Birbhum district administration was available for comment on this issue.

“Hope we get the update of this heinous crime as early as possible. If I am not wrong this is 5th or 6th murder of Indian Students in 2 months. We all are worried here & griefing,” actor Devoleena Bhattacharjee, who is a friend of Amarnath, posted on X on Saturday.

It was Bhattacharjee, who first alerted the authorities on social media about Ghosh’s death.

Tagging the X handles of the Indian Embassy in the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Bhattacharjee urged them to look into the matter.

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“Only child in the family, mother died 3 years back. Father passed away during his childhood… the reason, accused details everything are not revealed yet or perhaps no one left in his family to fight for it except his few friends,” she wrote on X on Friday.

Reacting to Bhattacharjee’s alert, the Indian Embassy in Chicago said that they had taken up the matter with the police and authorities to investigate the “reprehensible gun attack.”

– with PTI inputs

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