Hyderabad: Four-year-old Anik Reddy keeps pointing to the pictures of his uncle Mamidala Vamshi Reddy in newspapers and TV, not knowing that Vamshi had died in the US on Sunday.
Anik’s elder sister Akshaya is in shock and has stopped talking. Vamshi used to talk to the kids everyday on Skype. He spoke to his elder sister Sunitha last on Saturday. His brother-in-law D. Ravinder Reddy said that he came to know of the incident in the wee hours of Sunday. Later, the family heard from his friends in the US that Vamshi had gone to work as per his friend’s request, who could not attend duty that day. After work, he was returning to his flat in a car. Before he arrived, the suspect was being chased by the police as he was involved in an accident.
As the suspect made an attempt to escape, he robbed a woman and took her mobile phone and cash. He also took away her car and drove to the apartment complex where Vamshi was staying.
“They told us that he entered the complex, but could not find his way, and turned towards the exit. Meanwhile, Vamshi’s car was entering the complex. Both vehicles collided in the garage. Immediately the killer got down and aiming a pistol at Vamshi robbed him of his wallet and phone. He then shot him and fled,” Ravinder said.
“My son was attached to him. He remembers his uncle talking to him everyday, but he does not understand that he has been killed. When Vamshi’s picture is shown on TV or newspaper, he points saying mama. Akshaya understood he is dead and is in shock,” Ravinder said. Vamshi’s father M. Sanjeeva Reddy, a farmer, said they always wanted him to take up a job here, but he went abroad as most of his friends were there.
