‘Sent him at 16, now waiting for his body,’ says father of Punjab youth who took ‘donkey’ route
The father of a Punjab youth who took the perilous "donkey" route to the United States expressed his anguish after his son was shot dead in New York. Pyara Lal, a daily-wage worker from Kapurthala, recounted the tragic loss of his son Gurdeep Singh, who left home at 16-and-a-half to pursue a better life. The family had borrowed Rs 30 lakh to send their son to the US, where he was detained for over a year before attending school and eventually working as a pizza delivery worker.
His uncle, Daler Chand, expressed concern about the recurring fate of Punjabi youths who venture to the US, emphasizing that young people continue to take these dangerous routes in search of a better future. The Indian Consulate in New York expressed condolences to Gurdeep's family, assuring them of their assistance in bringing his body back to India.
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