26-year-old Indian doctoral student from Delhi killed in Ohio, US

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A young Indian student pursuing his Ph.D. in molecular and developmental biology at the University of Cincinnati Medical School was fatally shot in his car in Ohio, USA.n)..

Aaditya Adlakha, 26, succumbed to his injuries at the UC Medical Center two days after he was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle that had crashed into a wall on November 9. ..

The Indian doctoral student was described as much-loved, exceedingly kind and humorous, intelligent and sharp, whose research was described as novel and transformative by Andrew Filak, the Senior Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine..

He earned a bachelor's degree in Zoology from Ramjas College at the University of Delhi and later completed a master's degree in Physiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, both located in New Delhi..

As a college and as Aadityas academic home, we extend our deepest condolences to his family and to those who knew him as a friend and colleague, the medical school said in its statement..

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