Overview

• Pole Chandrashekar, 27–28, a University of North Texas data analytics student from Hyderabad, was fatally shot on Oct. 3 while working part-time at a gas station in the Denton/Dallas area.
• Dallas police say the case is under investigation and local reports describe it as an alleged robbery, with no official confirmation yet on motive or suspect details.
• The Dallas County Medical Examiner is conducting a post-mortem and has not issued a death certificate, which is required before the remains can be released for return to India.
• The Consulate General of India in Houston publicly condoled the death and said it is assisting the family and coordinating with local authorities.
• Telangana leaders, including Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and BRS’s T. Harish Rao, visited the family in Hyderabad and pledged help in expediting repatriation.