Andhra student shot dead in Oklahoma

Oklahoma: A graduate student from Andhra Pradesh has been shot dead during a robbery at an Oklahoma grocery store where he was working part-time.

G Prasanth had left his home in Santosh Nagar, Hyderabad, in January, to study Science at the Oklahoma State University. He was shot dead at 7 pm on Sunday night. 

The police has yet to determine why Prasanth was killed during the armed robbery. His friends at his college reportedly informed his family of his death.

Prasanth had quit the merchant navy in India for higher studies abroad.