An Indian-American man, who was injured while fighting outside a restaurant in Washington DC, has died, media reports said.
The deceased executive was identified as Vivek Taneja from Virginia.
According to investigators, officers responded to the 1100 block of 15th Street Northwest outside Shoto Restaurant around 2 a.m. for an assault on Feb. 2. Once officers arrived, they found Taneja on the pavement, reported WUSA9.
He was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
According to reports, a preliminary probe found Taneja and an unknown man were involved in a verbal argument that turned physical.
Police are searching for the man who threw a deadly punch on the person.
The man was caught on surveillance camera.
Who is Vivek “Vick” Taneja?
Vivek “Vick” Taneja is the co-founder and President of Dynamo Technologies.
Five deaths this year
Five Indian-origin people were found dead in the USA this year so far.
An Indian-origin student was found dead in the woods at a nature preserve in the USA on Monday (February 6, 2024).
He was identified as Sameer Kamath.
He is a doctoral student at Indiana’s Purdue University.
Last week, 19-year-old Shreyas Reddy Beniger, a student at the Lindner School of Business in Ohio, was found dead.
Earlier that week, Purdue University student Neel Acharya was found dead on the university campus, hours after his mother had reported him missing.
Vivek Saini, from Haryana, was hammered to death by a homeless man in Georgia’s Lithonia on Jan 16.
Akul Dhawan, another Indian student, was found dead outside the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in January.