India, Sept. 19 -- A quarrel with a roommate allegedly spiralled into violence and ended in tragedy for a 30-year-old software professional from Telangana's Mahabubnagar, who was shot dead by police in the United States earlier this month.

Mohammed Nizamuddin, who had been working in Santa Clara, California, was killed on September 3 after police opened fire during an altercation inside his residence, according to both family accounts and a statement by the Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD).

His father, Mohammed Hasnuddin, told PTI that the family was informed only on Thursday. "We got the information only this (Thursday) morning," he said.

In a letter to the external affairs minister S Jaishankar, he wrote, "Today morning, I came t...