04-17-2007, 11:57 PM
<b>MEA officer to visit Virginia Tech </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Indian professor G V Loganathan was among the 33 killed in the shootout and a student from Mumbai is feared to have met the same fate. An Indian student, Minal Panchal, who has been missing since the incident yesterday, was also feared to be among the victims.
Meanwhile an Indian student association in Virginia is coordinating the logistics even as worried parents inundate them with calls. âAll the worried parents are trying to get in touch with their children and if they are not able to do so, they contact us as we have set up a several counselling centres on campus. We have emergency numbers and parents can call up at those numbers, which are also available at Virginia Tech website. We did receive a phone call from the Indian High Commission in Washington DC asking for information. We are still trying to figure out the facts of the incident,â President of International Council, Saurabh Attarde told CNN-IBN from Virginia.
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Meanwhile an Indian student association in Virginia is coordinating the logistics even as worried parents inundate them with calls. âAll the worried parents are trying to get in touch with their children and if they are not able to do so, they contact us as we have set up a several counselling centres on campus. We have emergency numbers and parents can call up at those numbers, which are also available at Virginia Tech website. We did receive a phone call from the Indian High Commission in Washington DC asking for information. We are still trying to figure out the facts of the incident,â President of International Council, Saurabh Attarde told CNN-IBN from Virginia.
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