Indians rally around student facing terror charges

Venkatramolla faces two counts of first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer and one count each of armed criminal action, resisting arrest, false report of a bomb threat and making terrorist threats. Each is a felony.

Authorities said the civil engineering student walked into a building at the University of Missouri-Rolla on February 28 waving a paper bag, holding a knife and saying he had a bomb and anthrax. Campus police subdued Venkatramolla by shooting him with a stun gun. The white powdery substance turned out to be powdered sugar. No explosives were found.

Venkatramolla has remained in jail since his arrest. Last week, a judge reduced his bond, originally set at 250,000, to 100,000. Community members are expected to raise the funds.