An Indian-American man, who is 29-year-old was found dead in the US state of New Jersey, an incident in which the family has described as a “personal issue”.
The Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted on Sunday that the Indian Consulate in New Jersey has spoken to the father of deceased in the Massachusetts. He said that this is a personal family tragedy. More details about the incident were not immediately known.
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Sources here said that the cause of the death was still unknown and the medical examiner’s office was investigating the incident which took place in the New Jersey city. The consulate officials have reached out to the deceased’s family in Massachusetts and sources said that the family has requested privacy, and said that “it is a personal family matter”.
The sources strongly cautioned that the incident should not be seen as linked to the possible hate crime since all the details are still not available and the family too has termed the incident as a personal issue.
Mrudula Duddempudi.
