Who Was Jaahnavi Kandula: “Recent reports including in media of handling Jaahnavi Kandula’s death are troubling”, Said India Consulate in San Francisco.

India demanded an investigation into the death of an Indian-origin student girl- Jaahnavi Kandula. She was hit and killed by a police vehicle in Seattle, US earlier this year.

When reports come and video showing that officer, police officer joking and ignoring the whole incident.

The Consulate General of India in San Francisco on Wednesday said that the “recent reports including in media of the handling Jaahnavi Kandula’s death are deeply troubling”.

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Jaahnavi Kandula Death Explained

The 23-year-old graduate girl was killed on January 23 after she was hit by a patrol car driven by police officer Kevin Dave in Seattle. According to reports, Dave was driving the car at 74 mph (119 kmph) and the student’s body was thrown more than 100 feet (30 meters) away.

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
— India in SF (@CGISFO) September 13, 2023

US Police mock the whole incident

A massive outrage broke out after the Seattle Police Department released footage from accused officer Daniel Auderer’s body camera on Monday.

In the video clip, Auderer – who serves as vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild – can be heard talking about the accident in a call with the guild’s president Mike Solan.