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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
VOL 13 ISSUE 8
ree among every ten buildings in the Garden City ignore compulsory rain water harvesting scheme
One year aer rape of a student, surroundings remain unsafe around National Law School of India University
Bangalore’s own Sudarshan B Nagaraj killed in Nairobi Mall Attack :
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‘Is it a sin to go to a mall?’ Sister of Bangalore’s only victim of Nairobi terror attack Sudarshan B Nagaraj says ‘Everything is over. We are going through hell’
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e mall sits in the heart of an Indian community in Nairobi. Sudarshan’s shattered family was
Nairobi Attack - Special Report
sent a gruesome photograph of Nagaraj’s blood-soaked corpse in order to identify him. e 49-year-old book publisher had only flown to Nairobi on Friday. He was killed in cold blood by militants in Westgate Mall sometime over the weekend. He had been shot once through the temple.
A Bangalore businessman was ex-
Speaking at the family home in
ecuted in cold blood by terrorists
Hejjala, Bangalore, his sister Naga-
who stormed a shopping mall in
mani Prasad, 59, said: “e Indian
Kenya.
embassy in Nairobi initially identi-
Sudarshan B. Nagaraj is believed to
fied his body by the cards he had on
Victim Sudarshan B. Nagaraj (in black) with sister Nagamani (front right) and his other siblings
be the only Bangalore based victim
him. e embassy mailed his pho-
to Tirupati. e shaved head makes
heard about the attacks at the mall,
e family is expecting the body to
of the attack on Westgate Mall in
tograph to us to confirm his iden-
it look even more awful.”
they wanted to know if he was safe.
arrive by tomorrow evening or the
the country’s capital Nairobi.
tity.”
“ We are not sure if it was a sudden
His sister called him continuously
day aer tomorrow.
Militants stormed the mall on Sat-
“e picture is very awful. Nobody
attack or not. He was shot in the
but there was no answer. “ I must
“My brother had said that he would
urday and began shooting indis-
can sleep at night aer looking at
temple.
He must have gone
have called him a hundred times on
come back home within four days.
criminately. e incident, which is
the picture. Blood is oozing out of
through a lot of agony,” said Naga-
Sunday but I couldn’t get through.
He was supposed to come back to-
still on-going, has so far claimed 69
his body. He had shaved his hair fif-
mani Prasad.
en we lodged a complaint in the
morrow in person, now most prob-
lives, including two other Indians.
teen days back when they had gone
Sudarshan B. Nagaraj had gone to
Indian Embassy at Nairobi on
ably his body will come home,” said
Nairobi on Friday for business pur-
Monday morning,” said Nagamani
Nagamani.
poses and was supposed to come
Prasad.
Sudarshan B. Nagaraj was an indus-
Sudarshan B Nagaraj
back to India on Wednesday. e
Aer the family confirmed his
trialist who had a business in con-
A 49-year-old industrialist who lived in Bidadi with his family. He was the fourth sibling and the youngest in his family. He was handling most of his company’s business in Africa. He was a bachelor who was known for being helpful
family got the confirmation of his
identity, they sent the manager of
crete mixture and book publishing.
death on Monday at 7.30 pm from
the company to get his body back
He mostly looked aer their busi-
the Indian Embassy in Kenya.
to India. ey have to go through
ness in Africa and so oen travelled
On Saturday aernoon at 1.15pm,
three stages including the Kenya
to Ghana.
Nagamani talked to her brother on
government, Kenya police and In-
the phone. at was the last conver-
dian Embassy in Kenya to get Su-
and for his charity.
sation they had. When the family
darshan’s body back.
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