Overview

• The victim was identified as Kapil, 26, a security guard from Barah Kalan village in Haryana’s Jind district.
• Relatives and the village sarpanch say he confronted a man urinating outside his workplace, an argument followed, and the man shot him; he was declared dead at a hospital.
• Police in the United States have not released a suspect’s name or announced an arrest, and a post-mortem is scheduled for Wednesday due to a US holiday.
• Family members say Kapil entered the US in 2022 via the hazardous “donkey/dunki” route through Panama and the Mexico border after paying about ₹45 lakh, and he was initially detained before being released.
• The family and village leaders are asking authorities for support to cover an estimated ₹15 lakh to bring his remains back to India.