Dr. Rakesh Patel, Intensive care doctor, 33 is hit & killed while chasing carjackers who stole his Mercedes in Washington DC while he was giving his girlfriend a hug: Footage captures thieves abandoning car after covering it in bleach to destroy evidence

[Golwalkar]

 

• Dr. Rakesh Patel, 33, of Silver Springs, Maryland, was run over by his own Mercedes after a man carjacked it Tuesday night in Washington DC
• He was dropping off a package to his girlfriend Rachel Lincoln on Vernon Street when a man hopped in his running car and took off
• Patel ran after him and was eventually hit in the busy intersection on Florida Avenue and 18th Street 
• He was rushed to the hospital, were he was pronounced dead 
• His car was found on Wednesday near the Maryland border and two men where seen carrying a bottle of bleach and floormats as they got out of the car 
• The two men are still at large and police believe they tried to wash the car with bleach to destroy any evidence 
• Patel was completing a fellowship and residency at MedStar Washington in the critical care unit
    
  

  Dr. Rakesh Patel, 33, of Silver Springs, Maryland, (pictured with his girlfriend's dog) was killed after being run over by his own Mercedes after at least one man carjacked it on Tuesday evening. The doctor was completing his residency and fellowship at MedStar Washington in the critical care unit and had gone over to his girlfriend Rachel Lincoln's house to drop off a package. As he got out to embrace her, he left his car running. When a man started to drive off with it, he chased after him and was run over in a busy intersection on Florida Avenue and 18th Street 

  

   MedStar said it was 'heartbroken to learn of the sudden passing' of Patel (pictured) and that he was completing a residency fellowship in infectious diseases and critical care
  https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/doctor-rakesh-patel-killed-by-suspect-driving-his-stolen-car-adams-morgan/2994423/
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/09/patel-killed-car-stolen-dc/

[BeerBob123]

DAmn 

[Midnightsun]

Seems they got jealous seeing him with his girl friend Rachel lincoln

[Swatkat]

22 minutes ago, Golwalkar said:

 

 

• Dr. Rakesh Patel, 33, of Silver Springs, Maryland, was run over by his own Mercedes after a man carjacked it Tuesday night in Washington DC
• He was dropping off a package to his girlfriend Rachel Lincoln on Vernon Street when a man hopped in his running car and took off
• Patel ran after him and was eventually hit in the busy intersection on Florida Avenue and 18th Street 
• He was rushed to the hospital, were he was pronounced dead 
• His car was found on Wednesday near the Maryland border and two men where seen carrying a bottle of bleach and floormats as they got out of the car 
• The two men are still at large and police believe they tried to wash the car with bleach to destroy any evidence 
• Patel was completing a fellowship and residency at MedStar Washington in the critical care unit
    
  

  Dr. Rakesh Patel, 33, of Silver Springs, Maryland, (pictured with his girlfriend's dog) was killed after being run over by his own Mercedes after at least one man carjacked it on Tuesday evening. The doctor was completing his residency and fellowship at MedStar Washington in the critical care unit and had gone over to his girlfriend Rachel Lincoln's house to drop off a package. As he got out to embrace her, he left his car running. When a man started to drive off with it, he chased after him and was run over in a busy intersection on Florida Avenue and 18th Street 

  

   MedStar said it was 'heartbroken to learn of the sudden passing' of Patel (pictured) and that he was completing a residency fellowship in infectious diseases and critical care
  https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/doctor-rakesh-patel-killed-by-suspect-driving-his-stolen-car-adams-morgan/2994423/
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/03/09/patel-killed-car-stolen-dc/

Rest easy man. young life wasted.  Nalla LK ni mingatam lo thappu ledhu vere countries lo. Kalchi pada mingali.

[Ryzen_renoir]

Washington DC is a sh*thole if you step out of govt owned areas 

 

[Golwalkar]

@Midnightsun

Other victims groups in the U.S. have "crisis response teams" and "media teams" on the ready to help members of their groups shape a narrative ( like the one you just mentioned ) around these crimes when talking to media & getting these crimes gain limelight through various means or when getting these crimes prosecuted forcefully by law enforcement or when getting lawmakers to take action in other ways. They have slowly but surely built a voice & momentum behind legislation aimed to curb these crimes specially against members of their groups. 

In other words not all crimes of this nature are prosecuted equally forcefully. I hope Indians first realize this.

Indians are laggards in this respect and are way behind the curve in these matters. There have been countless crimes of this nature against Indians & have fallen on deaf ears after a day or two of initial coverage.

Leaders of the community should enlist eminent members in driving these initiatives. 

[Swatkat]

1 minute ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Washington DC is a sh*thole if you step out of govt owned areas 

 

Oklahama, baltimore, neworleans, ohio some places, nallolla areas lo entha dhuram untey antha manchidhi.

[Swatkat]

2 minutes ago, Golwalkar said:

@Midnightsun

Other victims groups in the U.S. have "crisis response teams" and "media teams" on the ready to help members of their groups shape a narrative ( like the one you just mentioned ) around these crimes when talking to media & getting these crimes gain limelight through various means or when getting these crimes prosecuted forcefully by law enforcement or when getting lawmakers to take action in other ways. They have slowly but surely built a voice & momentum behind legislation aimed to curb these crimes specially against members of their groups. 

In other words not all crimes of this nature are prosecuted equally forcefully. I hope Indians first realize this.

Indians are laggards in this respect and are way behind the curve in these matters. There have been countless crimes of this nature against Indians & have fallen on deaf ears after a day or two of initial coverage.

Leaders of the community should enlist eminent members in driving these initiatives. 

Mana daakha vasthey chuskundham anukuntaru but i hope gujju gallu emina chestharemo chudali

[tennisluvrredux]

52 minutes ago, Golwalkar said:

@Midnightsun

Other victims groups in the U.S. have "crisis response teams" and "media teams" on the ready to help members of their groups shape a narrative ( like the one you just mentioned ) around these crimes when talking to media & getting these crimes gain limelight through various means or when getting these crimes prosecuted forcefully by law enforcement or when getting lawmakers to take action in other ways. They have slowly but surely built a voice & momentum behind legislation aimed to curb these crimes specially against members of their groups. 

In other words not all crimes of this nature are prosecuted equally forcefully. I hope Indians first realize this.

Indians are laggards in this respect and are way behind the curve in these matters. There have been countless crimes of this nature against Indians & have fallen on deaf ears after a day or two of initial coverage.

Leaders of the community should enlist eminent members in driving these initiatives. 

Absolutely well said 

[Golwalkar]

Sunando Sen, man shoved to his death on subway tracks, mourned at funeral

By JOSEPH STEPANSKY, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA and THOMAS TRACY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |

DEC 31, 2012 AT 3:41 PM

Bidyut Sarker, a grieving friend of subway shove victim Sunando Sen, walks around the dead man’s casket with incense, part of a traditional Hindu funeral Monday for the human rights activist and unwitting symbol of violence on the platforms. (Joel Cairo/for New York Daily News)

The man shoved under a No. 7 train by a Muslim-hating maniac last week was mourned Monday as a human rights activist who worked behind the scenes to help his fellow Hindus.

Sunando Sen was "an Indian Gregory Peck," said Lorcan Otway, 57, a lawyer who worked with the latest subway shove victim on aiding oppressed Hindus in Bangladesh.

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"He had quiet strength," Otway said. "He wasn't making the speeches, but he was quietly doing the work. ... I hope the lesson people will learn is the lesson of peace."

Sen's mutilated remains were covered by a simple white cloth and a pile of roses inside a light blue coffin before his cremation. Mourners said the Indian immigrant had been working on a Ph.D. in economics at New York University, but recently opened a print shop because money got tight.

But what everyone remembered was Sen's dignity, grace and warmth.

Friends carry the casket of subway shove victim Sunando Sen Monday before the Hindu was cremated in a traditional ceremony. (Joel Cairo/for New York Daily News)

"We were like family, he came to house for dinner," said Alamgir Bhuiya, who worked with Sen at a different copy shop. "I live at the same station where it happened. It's really painful for me. I go to the station I'll be really really sad."

The outpouring of grief came as more details emerged about Sen's alleged murderer, Erika Menendez.

Police sources say cops were called by Menendez' family five times between 2005 and February when the 31-year-old refused to take her meds.

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In one of these instances, she threw a radio at one of the responding officers, sources said. Neighbors said Menendez "got wacko" when she did not take her medication.

She was also arrested three times in 2003, twice for assault and once for possession of cocaine, said a police source.

She punched, scratched and slapped a 28-year-old man she was living with in April 2003, the source added. Two months later, she attacked retired FDNY battalion chief Daniel Conlisk as he took out his trash.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/subway-shove-victim-mourned-article-1.1230475

 

 

 

[Golwalkar]

Erika Menendez is taken from the 112th Pct. in Queens on Saturday after her arrest on murder charges. Menendez is accused of shoving Sunando Sen in front of an oncoming No. 7 train to his death earlier this week. (Robert Mecea for New York Daily News)

Suspect in fatal subway push Erika Menendez reacts as she's led from the 112 Pct. after being picked up by police in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon. (Robert Mecea for New York Daily News)

 

 

A police sketch of the woman suspected of pushing a man onto the subway tracks at the 40th Street/Lowery station in Sunnyside, Queens. (DCPI)

7 train psycho laughs maniacally as she's charged with pushing Indian immigrant to his death in front of a Queens train

By ROCCO PARASCANDOLA, JOE KEMP and JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |

DEC 30, 2012 AT 9:46 AM

A deranged woman who told cops she detests Muslims broke into a maniacal fit of laughter as she was charged with a hate crime Saturday, three days after she allegedly shoved an Indian immigrant to his death in front of a Queens train.

Erika Menendez, 31, confessed to the savage act after she was nabbed on a Brooklyn street about 5 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

"I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims — ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers, I've been beating them up," cops said Menendez told detectives.."

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At her arraignment late Saturday night, Menendez started cackling as prosecutors read aloud her bizarre and contradictory statements to detectives:

"I spent time in Times Square. You will find me on the video. I wasn't in Queens," she said. But at another point, she claimed "I pushed a Muslim on the tracks."

Menendez's laughter accompanying the recitation of her statements infuriated the judge.

"Tell your client this is not funny," Queens Criminal Court Judge Gia Morris thundered, speaking to defense lawyer Dietrich Epperson. "This is not appropriate."

Menendez was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in connection with the gruesome death of Sunando Sen, 46, who was raised a Hindu.

Before she was ordered held without bail, prosecutors revealed Menendez has expressed no remorse — and even bragged about smoking pot and having sex with her "man in Brooklyn" after the murderous deed.

The demented drifter will undergo a psychiatric exam to determine whether she is mentally competent..

Sunando Sen, 46, was pushed off the No. 7 train platform at 40th St./Lowery stop in Sunnyside to his death on Wednesday night. (Courtesy Sen Family)

Cops say Menendez, without warning, pushed Sen in front of an oncoming No. 7 train at the 40th St./Lowery stop in Sunnyside about 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The deranged drifter - who witnesses said was mumbling to herself but never said a word to Sen before the fatal shove - ran downstairs from the elevated tracks after the attack.

A flood of tips came in, including one from the suspect's brother, after police released a grainy video showing a woman in a puffy jacket sprinting from the station.

Medical examiners remove the body of Sunando Sen after he was pushed to his death in front of an oncoming No. 7 train at the 40th St./Lowery St. station in Sunnyside, Queens. (Danny Iudici for New York Daily News)

The pudgy Menendez was captured near Bedford Ave. and Empire Blvd. in Crown Heights after she was spotted by an eagle-eyed passer-by, who recognized her from the video and called 911. Wearing the same jacket, Menendez appeared disoriented and was asking for directions to the subway, sources said.

She was hauled off to the 112th Precinct stationhouse in Forest Hills. A witness who had been sitting next to her on the subway platform picked her out of a line-up, cops said..

Surveillance video of a woman who is believed to have pushed the victim as the train entered the station.

Three other witnesses identified Menendez in the video, said Prosecutor Michelle Kaszuba, who acknowledged there was only one positive identification from four line-ups.

A wild-eyed Menendez seemed startled as she was led out of the stationhouse in handcuffs, en route to her arraignment, about 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

"Whoa," Menendez shouted as she was led past a horde of photographers, refusing to answer reporters' questions.

In Rego Park, a doorman at the building where Menendez's mother and stepfather live said she visited regularly.

"I know her. ... You could tell that something was not right, like she needed medication or something," said the doorman, who didn't want to give his name. "It's just very sad what happened."

Angel Luis Santiago, who worked in the building as a doorman for 40 years, said Menendez spent time in rehab and hospitals.

"When she didn't take her medication, she got wacko," said Santiago on Saturday.
Another building resident said she never thought Menendez was capable of killing anyone.

"I didn't see any anger in her, or any violent tendencies," said Janet Heene.
Sen's roommate, Ar Suman, said he's glad police made an arrest.

"This is good news," said the 33-year-old Suman. "They need to keep her locked up. After that, it's for God to decide."5.

With Matthew Lysiak and Denis Slattery
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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/woman-shoved-queens-man-front-subway-train-arrested-article-1.1229427

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/subway-shove-victim-identified-sunando-sen-article-1.1228987

[Golwalkar]

@swatkat

Indians as a group have not been able to explain themselves to the wider society when their names dragged into the limelight. Like for example the Ukraine crisis. And things like these when they go unchecked or unrefuted or not effectively squashed, very slowly sow discord & ill will among the wider society. 

Lots of law-abiding Indians in the West think that its not their job to explain themselves or the actions of their countrymen or their government. This is wrong. Other groups thought this way too - East Asian Americans felt the brunt of this during the recent health crisis. Most continue to feel the effects of it, in one form or the other. 

However unfair you personally feel about this 'duty' it nevertheless squarely falls on our shoulders to do it. 

I invite more discussion now and in the near future on this matter. I'm also 1000% sure that we will have plentiful opportunities to once again revisit this matter, as other events force us to confront the reality. 

[Golwalkar]

I'll give you just one example and I'll end this. 

Read the comments at the bottom of this piece 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10611333/India-looks-bail-Russia-considers-taking-Moscows-offer-buy-crude-oil-discount.html#comments

Granted DM is no New York Times but you can see these sentiments echoed in one form or another across the web - some say it more vociferously some it say in a rather couched manner because they have Indian friends at work, who have considerable pull over their job. But the point is lots of people are no longer willing to let these things be swept under the rug. Whether this is unfair or not is again not the point.  We live in very stressed times. People do not always show restraint before jumping to conclusions in adverse times.