A 29-year-old man from Telangana, Mohammed Nizamuddin, was shot dead by police in Santa Clara, California, after a reported scuffle with his roommate. His father has written to EAM S. Jaishankar seeking an investigation and repatriation of his remains. The incident comes amid a worrying rise in hate crimes targeting Indians and South Asians in the US, with FBI data showing a record 11,600+ hate crime incidents in 2022 and a surge in online threats.