{"id":4475,"date":"2023-09-15T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/probe-launched-after-us-cop-recorded-mocking-23-year-old-indian-woman-killed-by-police-car\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T22:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T22:59:07","slug":"probe-launched-after-us-cop-recorded-mocking-23-year-old-indian-woman-killed-by-police-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/probe-launched-after-us-cop-recorded-mocking-23-year-old-indian-woman-killed-by-police-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Probe launched after US cop recorded mocking 23-year-old Indian woman killed by police car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An investigation is under way against a police officer in Seattle, US, after bodycam footage recorded him laughing at an Indian woman fatally struck by a patrol car, according to a BBC<\/em> report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On January 23, Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old graduate student at Northeastern University\u2019s Seattle campus, lost her life when she was struck by a police car while crossing the street.<\/p>\n

The officer in question, identified as Daniel Auderer, had been dispatched to the crash site, as indicated in the police documents.<\/p>\n

The following day, Auderer\u2019s body-worn camera captured a phone call in which he could be heard discussing the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is dead,\u201d the officer was heard saying before laughing. \u201cNo, it\u2019s a regular person. Yeah, just write a cheque,\u201d he said, before laughing again, the BBC<\/em> report said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEleven thousand dollars. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value,\u201d the officer was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

Auderer was purportedly engaged in a conversation with union president Mike Solan.<\/p>\n

For his part, the officer has claimed that his remarks were \u201cmisconstrued\u201d and \u201ctaken out of context\u201d.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the Seattle Police Department issued a statement revealing that the conversation came to light through an employee who had encountered it \u201cin the routine course of business,\u201d the BBC<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

The employee concerned expressed apprehensions about the content of the statements and subsequently raised these concerns up the hierarchy, the report added.<\/p>\n

Following this, authorities transferred the case to the Office of Police Accountability, the entity responsible for probing police misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis agency is currently scrutinising the circumstances surrounding the statements and evaluating whether any policies were infringed upon,\u201d the Seattle Police Department said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Consulate General of India in San Francisco has called the handling of Kandula\u2019s death \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d.<\/p>\n

The consulate said on X that they have contacted state and local authorities in addition to officials in Washington, demanding a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d and \u201caction against those involved in this tragic case\u201d.<\/p>\n

Indian news website NDTV<\/em> reported<\/a> that the US government has assured India of a quick and fair investigation into the death of Kandula.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenior administration officials are believed to have assured India\u2019s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, that the entire incident has been taken very seriously by them,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n

The NDTV<\/em> report added that Seattle City Mayor Bruce Harrell has written a letter to the victim\u2019s family, saying that the comments made by one person do not reflect the feelings of the city or the communities that call it home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognise that Jaahnavi\u2019s death is a loss for our whole community \u2013 the loss of a young woman who had so much life ahead of her to do amazing things and share that joy with loved ones,\u201d Harrell said in his communication to the Kandula family.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An investigation is under way against a police officer in Seattle, US, after bodycam footage recorded him laughing at an Indian woman fatally struck by a patrol car, according to a BBC report. On January 23, Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old graduate student at Northeastern University\u2019s Seattle campus, lost her life when she was struck by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/09\/15220942cb5404b.png?r=221040","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t