A 29-year-old student from Khammam in Telangana, Putcha Varun Raj, is critical after he was stabbed in the head by a man at a gym in Valparaiso city in the US state of Indiana. Police found Varun in the massage chair at Planet Fitness Club at Strongbow Centre Drive with knife injuries on his head, and shifted him to a hospital in Fort Wayne.
The assailant, Jordan Andrade (24), told cops that he did not know Varun and found him a “little weird”.Andrade said he felt a threat from Varun and hence “reacted”.
Varun arrived in the US last year for his MS in computer science from Valparaiso University. The incident happened on October 29 at 9 am (US time), but his family came to know about it on Monday when they got a call from one of his friends.
Considering the nature of injuries, reports said Varun had a slim chance of survival. “…My son would not even hurt a fly… It is unthinkable that he has been attacked so badly,” Varun’s father Putcha Rammurthy (55), who is a government school teacher in Mahbubabad said.
His family requested the state government for assistance, following which IT minister KT Rama Rao responded on ‘X’, assuring all support with the help of the Indian embassy and NRIs from Telangana in the US.
The staff of the fitness centre , where Varun was a regular, told cops that he usually kept to himself and was reserved, and there was nothing to indicate that he was a ‘threat’ to anyone, as the assailant claimed. Andrade had been booked for ‘attempted murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon’ and lodged at the Porter County jail.
The assailant, Jordan Andrade (24), told cops that he did not know Varun and found him a “little weird”.Andrade said he felt a threat from Varun and hence “reacted”.
Varun arrived in the US last year for his MS in computer science from Valparaiso University. The incident happened on October 29 at 9 am (US time), but his family came to know about it on Monday when they got a call from one of his friends.
Considering the nature of injuries, reports said Varun had a slim chance of survival. “…My son would not even hurt a fly… It is unthinkable that he has been attacked so badly,” Varun’s father Putcha Rammurthy (55), who is a government school teacher in Mahbubabad said.
His family requested the state government for assistance, following which IT minister KT Rama Rao responded on ‘X’, assuring all support with the help of the Indian embassy and NRIs from Telangana in the US.
The staff of the fitness centre , where Varun was a regular, told cops that he usually kept to himself and was reserved, and there was nothing to indicate that he was a ‘threat’ to anyone, as the assailant claimed. Andrade had been booked for ‘attempted murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon’ and lodged at the Porter County jail.