India, Sept. 19 -- Family members of 32-year-old Mohammad Nizamuddin from Telangana, who was shot dead by Santa Clara police in California in the US on September 3, alleged on Friday demanded a fair inquiry by the US and Indian governments.

Nizamuddin, a resident of Ramaiah Bowli area in Mahbubnagar town, was shot dead by the Santa Clara police during an altercation with his roommate on September 3.

"We received the information from the California police about my son's death only on Thursday. We were told his mortal remains are at some hospital in Santa Clara. I do not know the actual reasons why police shot him dead," Nizamuddin's father Mohammad Husamuddin, a retired teacher, told media persons.

Husamuddin claimed that inquiries with...