Phagwara: A 21-year-old Indian student has been shot dead allegedly by four armed robbers, including an Indian-origin man, at a grocery store in the US state of California, according to a media report. Dharampreet had moved to the US in February of 2015 and stayed with his paternal grandparents who had settled there some years ago. He worked part-time at a grocery store at a petrol pump, his family here said. 

His parents, a sister and the rest of the family came to know about his death on Wednesday morning when his grandfather, Bhag Singh, called up. A pall of gloom descended in the village. Villagers were in a state of shock and mourning when this correspondent visited Dharampreet’s home on Wednesday. 

With tears welling up his eyes, Dharampreet’s uncle Jagdeep Singh said the youth was studying law in the US and was in the final year of his course. He was doing a part-time job alongside his studies. “Police will have the post-mortem examination conducted on Thursday, and later we will decide about his cremation to be done in the US or if the body shall be brought to India,” said Jagdeep Singh Jasser, an uncle of the deceased.