India, Sept. 13 -- US Congressman Ro Khanna on Sunday condemned the brutal killing of Chandra Nagamallaiah, an Indian national, in Texas. Khanna called the killing horrific and said the "undocumented" killer shouldn't have been allowed on American streets.

Chandra Mouli "Bob" Nagamallaiah, a 50-year-old man from Karnataka, was a manager of the Downtown Suites motel in Dallas, and was beheaded by 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez in front of his wife and child over a dispute over a malfunctioning washing machine.

"The brutal beheading of a hardworking Indian American immigrant in front of his wife & son is horrific," Khanna said in a tweet, further pointing out to the killer's prior arrests for violent theft and child endangerment. "He...