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Kansas shooting: Widow of Srinivas Kuchibhotla faced deportation from US

Sunayana Dumala, The Widow Of Indian National Srinivas Kuchibhotla Killed In Kansas In A Hate Crime This February, Faced Deportation From The US After Her Husband’s Murder Until A Kansas Congressman And Others Helped Her Get A One-year Visa.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Himani Garg | Updated on: 12 Sep 2017, 07:46:14 AM
Kansas shooting: Widow of Srinivas Kuchibhotla faced deportation from US

New Delhi:

Sunayana Dumala, the widow of Indian national Srinivas Kuchibhotla killed in Kansas in a hate crime this February, faced deportation from the US after her husband’s murder until a Kansas congressman and others helped her get a one-year visa.

Sunanya lost her status as US resident after a 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton with a semiautomatic pistol gunned down her husband in a crowded bar on February 22.

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According to the reports, Kevin Yoder, a Republican member of the house of representatives who worked effortlessly to help Dumala in maintaining her residency said, “We are not going to deport the widow of the victim of a hate crime”.

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First Published : 12 Sep 2017, 07:43:22 AM

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