“Had limited value”: US cop jokes after mowing down 26-yr-old Indian student; New Delhi seeks action

India urged the United States for a thorough investigation after a viral video showed a police officer laughing at the death of an Indian student after being hit by a police car.

Taking to X (previously Twitter), the Consulate General of India in San Francisco wrote: “Recent reports including in media of the handling of Ms Jaahnavi Kandula’s death in a road accident in Seattle in January are deeply troubling. We have taken up the matter strongly with local authorities in Seattle & Washington State as well as senior officials in Washington DC for a thorough investigation & action against those involved in this tragic case.”

The mission added, “The Consulate & Embassy will continue to closely follow up on this matter with all concerned authorities.”

Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old resident from Andhra Pradesh, was pursuing her masters at Seattle’s Northeastern University. In January, she was killed by a speeding police cruiser.