Washington:

A 41-year-old Indian-origin IT government has died after struggling life-threatening accidents throughout an assault exterior a restaurant within the American capital, the seventh loss of life of an Indian or Indian-American within the nation in latest months.

The sufferer, recognized as Vivek Taneja, a resident of Alexandria, a Virginia suburb of Washington DC, was attacked on February 2 within the 1100 block of fifteenth Road NW, which is seven blocks away from the White Home.

The police reached the assault scene at 2 am and located that he was affected by life-threatening accidents because of the assault. He was transported to a trauma centre unconscious and with extreme head accidents.

“On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, the sufferer succumbed to his accidents and was pronounced lifeless,” mentioned the Metropolitan Police, Washington DC in a press release on Friday.

The image of the suspect captured by a surveillance digital camera has been launched by the police, which has provided an award of as much as $25,000 to anybody who gives info and results in his arrest.

No arrest has been made to this point.

In its report, the police mentioned Vivek Taneja was knocked to the bottom by the suspect and hit his head on the pavement.

Taneja, the police mentioned, had an altercation with one other man at Shoto and Akedo, two sister Japanese eating places within the Midtown Heart constructing.

Taneja was the co-founder and president of Dynamo Applied sciences, a know-how options and analytics product supplier to the federal authorities.

In accordance with the corporate web site, Taneja led Dynamo’s strategic, development, and partnership initiatives, with an emphasis on the federal authorities contracting area.

A methods engineer by coaching, he led quite a few technical consulting engagements throughout the private and non-private sectors.

Taneja obtained his B.A. in Economics and Interdisciplinary Research from the College of Virginia, his M.S. in Telecommunications from George Mason College, and his D.Eng. in Engineering Administration and Programs Engineering from George Washington College.

Earlier this week, Syed Mazahir Ali, an Indian pupil was attacked by robbers in Chicago.

Earlier, 25-year-old Indian pupil Vivek Saini was fatally attacked in Georgia state’s Lithonia metropolis by a homeless drug addict.

Final week, a pupil on the Lindner Faculty of Enterprise within the US state of Ohio recognized as 19-year-old Shreyas Reddy Beniger was discovered lifeless. Nonetheless, native authorities have dominated out foul play.

Sameer Kamath, a 23-year-old Indian-American pupil at Purdue College, was discovered lifeless in a nature protect in Indiana on February 5.

One other Indian pupil, recognized as Neel Acharya at Purdue College, Indiana, was confirmed lifeless days after being reported lacking on January 28.

Akul B Dhawan, an 18-year-old on the College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was discovered lifeless final month with indicators of hypothermia.

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