India conveys 'deep concerns' to US over recent attacks on Indian-origin people

Washington: India has conveyed its "deep concerns" to the US government over recent tragic incidents involving Indian-origin people including Hardish Patel who was shot dead in South Carolina.

"Amb @NavtejSarna convyd r deep concerns to US Gov on recent tragic incidents involving Hardish Patel & Deep Rai," Embassy of India in Washington tweeted today.

"Amb @NavtejSarna underlined need to prevent such incidents and protect Indian community," it said in another tweet.

Patel, 43, Indian-origin store owner in the US was shot dead outside his home on Thursday, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas in a hate crime shooting that had sent shockwaves across the country.

39-year-old Sikh man, Deep Rai, in the US has been shot outside his home by a partially-masked gunman who shouted "go back to your own country", in a suspected hate crime.