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Dr. Abhijit Mahato, PhD (1979-2008)

January 24, 2008 posted by indiatime |

…This webpage has not reached its final stage. I am trying to improve it as and when I get the time and idea. I have not yet found a proper subject for the page. Till then, allow me to be the subject, and introduce myself, and my research interest….

abhijit mahatoThat webpage will now remain incomplete for ever, as Abhijit Mahato, the PhD student who had recently set out on a path to his American dream, was found murdered by multiple gunshots, in his Duke University apartment in Durham, North Carolina.

The Durham police do not yet know why Abhijit was targetted or who killed him. The Durham campus is not one of the safest ones in the USA, and the school is located in an area of the town which is not among the best areas in the vicinity, either, unlike the safer cities nearby - cities like Raleigh, Chapel Hill, or Cary.

Abhijit’s murder comes barely a few weeks after two Louisiana State University Indian PhD students were murdered while at one of the victims’ home. And less than a year after the brutal killing of an Indian professor and an Indian student at the Virginia Tech campus.

Says Abhijit on his web page,

…This is indeed a very lame introduction. But what else can I say about myself, except that I am the son of my parents, brother of my sister and brother-in-law of her husband?! And I have a cute and naughty nephew. Even that would be equally lame introduction….

As his parents mourn the loss of their bright and brilliant son, here’s a heartfelt wish that this grieving family find peace and comfort in the thought that this promising young soul is now embraced by the compassionate almighty. Rest In Peace, dear friend.


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  1. abhijit mahato on March 13, 2008 9:43 pm

    He was a great guy

  2. What’s Happening Now (March 13 Edition) « the atomic punk on March 13, 2008 11:31 pm

    [...] website is written by someone who knew Dr. Mahato.  In it he issues an eloquent elegy to his friend.  It [...]

  3. indiatime on March 15, 2008 3:15 pm

    Update:
    North Carolina authorities now believe they have Abhijit Mahato’s killers in custody, and these are probably the same bunch of suspects who have also killed the UNC student body president Eve Carson.

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