Gujarati Man Shot Dead By Gunman Posing As Customer At Shop In US
Last Updated:
The victim was identified as Paresh Patel who hailed from Gujarat's Dingucha village. The video of the shooting was captured in the CCTV camera at the shop.
A Gujarati man was shot dead by a gunman posing as a customer in a shop in the United States. The incident was caught on the CCTV camera installed at the spot.
The victim was identified as Paresh Patel, who hailed from Dingucha village in Gujarat.
When Patel was in the shop, the attacker entered posing as a customer and attempted a robbery at the cash counter. As Patel followed his commands, the killer robbed all his money and later shot him dead.
Earlier in March this year, a father and a daughter were shot dead in a Virginia shooting in the US. The victims were identified as Pradeep Patel and Urmi. The father died on the spot, while his daughter succumbed to her injuries two days later. A man was later arrested in connection with the shooting.
Chandu Patel, a leader from the Kadva Patidar community in Kanoda and Pradeep's uncle, said the family found out about the shocking incident through the news. 'Pradeep and Urmi had just opened their shop around 5 am on March 20 when a man walked in and started shooting. Both of them were shot. The man who did it, George Frazier Devon Wharton, has been caught by the police," he said.
Watch India Pakistan Breaking News on CNN-News18. Get breaking news, in-depth analysis, and expert perspectives on everything from geopolitics to diplomacy and global trends. Stay informed with the latest world news only on News18. Download the News18 App to stay updated!
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
31 minutes ago
- Time of India
Lone leopard baffles 100 humans in eight-day search
Vadodara: A leopard that mauled a nine-year-old girl to death on May 29 in Narmada district was finally captured, but not before playing a perplexing hide-and-seek game with a team of 100-strong rescuers for nearly eight days. The seven-year-old wild cat defied the textbook conventions of shyness as it simply refused to take the easy escape route through the rugged ravines of Narmada and instead stayed put in the sugarcane field despite the presence of so many people around. The elaborate rescue efforts, which began in Bedi Pani village of Sagbara taluka on the night of May 29, culminated with the leopard being caged on the night of June 7. Forest officials said this was the longest rescue operation for a leopard in recent memory. During this intense drama, the leopard left the forest staff astonished with its endurance as tranquiliser shots also failed to subdue it. In fact, villagers reported that the leopard came knocking on their doors, literally; sometimes pawing or nudging with its head. "Leopards usually don't behave like this. Most would simply escape from the spot the moment they realise that they are being chased. But this leopard just refused to budge. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo It kept moving from one part of the field to another despite the presence of a large search team," said Dhaval Patel, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF), Sagbara. A team from the forest department even shot the leopard with tranquilisers two to three times, but even that didn't knock out the wild cat. Instead, it disappeared into the sugarcane crop. Even the drones couldn't capture its movements. "It was one of the longest rescue operations I did. It was very strange behaviour by a wild animal that is known to be very intelligent," said Siddharth Amin of Life with Wildlife Foundation, who was part of the rescue team with Vaibhav Patel. The duo did route tracking of the leopard with a drone, collected data, and helped the forest officials in the operation. "Sometimes the leopard used to hide on the trees in a crematorium behind the fields. We had to be careful as leopards are known to attack if they feel they are in danger. Our team had to chop off some portion of the sugarcane crop to spot the leopard and trap it with a net," Patel added. Patel said the leopard was hunting hens from a farm nearby, and it's possible that it didn't wish to leave as it got easy food and water in the area. This leopard first attacked and killed a nine-year-old girl in Kolvan village adjoining Bedi Pan on May 29. It hid in the sugarcane fields in the village before attacking the girl who was playing near the fields with her sister. The leopard then attacked a 42-year-old woman in Beda Pani village when she was sitting inside her home.
News18
6 hours ago
- News18
News18 Evening Digest: Raja Raghuvanshi Hit On Head, Viral Video Of Indore Couple Wedding, & Other Stories
Last Updated: We are also covering: CCTV Footage Captures Indore Couple On Bike, Pakistan Economic Survey, Indian Student Handcuffed, Pinned At US Airport & other top stories. In today's News18 evening digest, we bring to you the latest on Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, Pakistan's economy, Jasprit Bumrah needing 13 wickets against England to break R Ashwin's elite record, and other top stories. Pakistan's debt is at its highest-ever level, Pakistan's Economic Survey released on Monday has revealed. This paints a worrisome situation of Pakistan's finances. Read More Raja and Sonam Raghuvanshi Case: Sonam Raghuvanshi has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, days after the Indore couple were reported missing. As the investigation continues, police have arrested four people in connection with the case. Meanwhile, Sonam has alleged that she was abducted and denies committing the crime. Read More A video has been going viral on social media where an Indian student was handcuffed and pinned at a US airport. Kunal Jain, an Indo-American social entrepreneur, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a photo of the Indian student who was being deported from Newark Airport last night. He said the student was crying and was treated like a criminal by the authorities, as he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground. Read More Jasprit Bumrah will lead India's bowling in the five-match Test series against England, which is set to start on June 20 in Leeds. Bumrah, who tops the bowler's ranking in the five-day format of the game, has picked up 60 wickets for India in 14 Tests played so far against England. Read More Is Keneesha Francis Expecting A Baby With Ravi Mohan? Here's Her Sassy Response Speculation around Ravi Mohan and Keneesha Francis' relationship has been simmering for a while now. Though the duo has refrained from addressing the whispers directly, Keneesha recently took a firm stand against the bizarre rumours swirling online — including those suggesting she's expecting a child. Read More First Published: June 09, 2025, 19:02 IST
&w=3840&q=100)
First Post
7 hours ago
- First Post
‘Need your help': FBI chief Kash Patel reaches out to India to combat China's fentanyl supply chain
'I literally just got off the phone with the Indian government… I said, I need your help. This stuff's coming into your country and then they're moving it from your country because India is not consuming fentanyl,' said Patel read more FBI Director Kash Patel has said that the US administration has sought the help of Indian law enforcement agencies to take down a China-backed global fentanyl network. Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Patel said that although India is not a major consumer of fentanyl, it is increasingly being used as a transit hub for chemical precursors produced in China and shipped to Mexican drug cartels. 'They're going to places like India, and I'm also doing operations in India,' Patel was quoted as saying on the podcast. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'They're having the Mexican cartels now make this fentanyl down in Mexico still,' he added. China evading scrutiny Patel accused Chinese suppliers of evading scrutiny by routing fentanyl precursors through third countries like India to avoid direct enforcement. He claimed this tactic is part of a calculated effort by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to target the US population, saying suppliers are 'getting cute' with their smuggling routes. 'You don't hear fentanyl deaths in India. You don't really hear fentanyl deaths in England, Australia, New Zealand, or Five Eyes partners in Canada,' he said. 'The CCP have used it as a directed approach because we are their adversary.' 'Why don't we go and take out generations of young men and women who might grow up to serve in the United States military, or become a cop, or become a teacher?' he added. FBI, India coordinating on crackdown Patel said the FBI has established direct lines of communication with Indian authorities to curb the flow of fentanyl precursors. 'I literally just got off the phone with the Indian government' he said. 'I said, I need your help. This stuff's coming into your country and then they're moving it from your country because India is not consuming fentanyl.' 'We're going to find these companies that buy it and we're going to shut them down,' he added. Patel confirmed that joint operations between the FBI and Indian law enforcement are already underway. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'We're going to sanction them. We're going to arrest them where we can. We're going to indict them in America if we can. We're going to indict them in India if we can,' he added. According to a Times of India report, several Indian chemical manufacturers have been named in US indictments. Vasudha Pharma Chem Limited and two of its senior executives have been charged with conspiring to ship four metric tons of NPP, a fentanyl precursor, to the US and Mexico. Two other firms, Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals Pvt Ltd, were also indicted for allegedly supplying similar chemical precursors. India outreach personal, strategic Patel, the son of Gujarati immigrants, said his dealing with India was driven by both personal connections and strategic priorities. 'India is not the problem,' he said. 'But if we don't get ahead of it, it could become one,' he added. He also alleged that Mexican cartels have rerouted their trafficking channels through Canada, using Vancouver as a new hub. 'They're flying it into Vancouver,' he said, adding, 'They're taking the precursors up to Canada, manufacturing it up there, and doing their global distribution routes from up there because we were being so effective down south.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Strategic threat Patel said China's role in the fentanyl trade isn't driven by profit. 'They're not making a ton of money off it,' he said. 'So it's really just for that purpose.' He warned that chemical precursors have already appeared in Five Eyes countries and claimed the Chinese Communist Party is 'just waiting to deploy' the finished product. 'The fentanyl itself isn't being deployed into your country, but it's there being manufactured,' he said. 'The CCP just hasn't directed it at you yet, and they know that,' he added. Patel estimated that synthetic opioids caused over 74,000 deaths in the US in 2023, calling the fentanyl crisis 'a tier one national security threat.' With inputs from agencies
