Indian Student Aaditya Adlakha Shot Dead in USA
The 26-year-old Indian doctoral student died after being shot inside a car in the United States America’s state of Ohio, in an incident described by his medical university as “sudden, tragic and senseless”.
Aaditya Adlakha was a fourth-year doctoral student in the molecular and developmental biology programme at the University of Cincinnati Medical School, according to a statement from the medical school, WXIX-TV reported.
Adlakha died earlier this month at the UC Medical Center, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office. Adlakha came to Cincinnati from north India to continue his education in medicine. He got his bachelor’s degree in Zoology in 2018 from Ramjas College of the University of Delhi in New Delhi.
He received his master’s degree in physiology in 2020 from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, also in New Delhi. His vehicle was hit multiple times. There were at least three bullet holes visible in the driver’s side window.