Virginia Tech Shooting: Indian-origin Professor Killed

The death toll in the Virginia Tech shooting reached 33 with a few more people succumbing to death. The incident brought bad news for India as well. According to latest reports, an Indian-origin professor was killed in the shootout. Professor G V Loganathan of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering was teaching in the Norris Hall where the second shooting occurred. The professor was shot dead on the spot.

Prof. Loganathan (51) was renowned for his teaching techniques and had served the university for over 15 years. He hailed from the Coimbatore district in Tamilnadu. Prof. Loganathan graduated from IIT, Kanpur. Another report suggests that an Indian student from Mumbai, Minal Panchal has gone missing since the shootout.