Indian-American doctor stabbed to death by a patient in the US

Indian-American doctor stabbed to death by a patient in the US

Washington: A 57-year-old Indian-American doctor has been stabbed to death allegedly by an Indian-origin patient near his clinic in the Wichita city of Kansas. Psychiatrist Achutha Reddy, who hailed from Telangana, was found dead with multiple knife wounds in an alley behind his clinic in East Wichita on Wednesday, police said.

One of his patients, 21-year-old Umar Rashid Dutt, also an Indian-American, has been arrested and charged with first degree murder.

Reddy was pronounced dead on the scene by the police, Lt Todd Ojile, section commander of the homicide division at the Wichita Police Department, told reporters at a news conference on Thursday. The incident happened on Wednesday evening. The police received the call around 7.20 pm. The accused man was found at a country club after a security guard reported a suspicious person sitting in a car in the parking lot with blood on his clothes. “During the investigation, we learned that the 21-year- old suspect was a client of Dr Reddy and had been at the office. The suspect was in the business for a short time. He left and then later came back with Dr Reddy and they went into an office there, Ojile said.

“After going to an office, a disturbance was heard. An office manager entered into the office and observed the suspect assaulting Dr Reddy. She attempted to stop the assault which allowed the doctor to flee the office, he said.

Umar chased the doctor out of his office, and stabbed him multiple times, Ojile said, adding that the reason for the murder has not been ascertained yet.

Umar has been held on USD one million bond. According to Wichita State University, he was a former student and was last enrolled in the spring of 2015. The Indian American community in Wichita has expressed shock over incident.

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