WASHINGTON: A 41-year-old Indian-origin IT executive has died after suffering life-threatening injuries during an assault outside a restaurant in the American capital here, the seventh death of an Indian or Indian-American in the US in two months.
The victim, identified as Vivek Taneja, a resident of Alexandria, a Virginia suburb of Washington DC, was attacked on Feb 2 in the 1100 block of 15th Street NW, which is seven blocks away from the White House. The police reached the assault scene at 2am and found that he was suffering from life-threatening injuries as a result of the assault. He was transported to a trauma centre unconscious and with severe head injuries. “On Feb 7, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead,” said the metropolitan police, Washington DC, in a statement on Friday.
Taneja was the co-founder and president of Dynamo Technologies, a technology solutions and analytics product provider to the federal government.
Taneja, the police said, had an altercation with another man at Shoto and Akedo, two sister Japanese restaurants. The picture of the suspect has been released. A reward of $25,000 has also been announced for vital leads on the accused.
The victim, identified as Vivek Taneja, a resident of Alexandria, a Virginia suburb of Washington DC, was attacked on Feb 2 in the 1100 block of 15th Street NW, which is seven blocks away from the White House. The police reached the assault scene at 2am and found that he was suffering from life-threatening injuries as a result of the assault. He was transported to a trauma centre unconscious and with severe head injuries. “On Feb 7, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead,” said the metropolitan police, Washington DC, in a statement on Friday.
Taneja was the co-founder and president of Dynamo Technologies, a technology solutions and analytics product provider to the federal government.
Taneja, the police said, had an altercation with another man at Shoto and Akedo, two sister Japanese restaurants. The picture of the suspect has been released. A reward of $25,000 has also been announced for vital leads on the accused.
