<table style="float: left; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://static.gujaratsamachar.com/content_image/content_image_2c52d800-0c88-4871-a5e7-32687e26f510.jpeg" data-filename="Jaahnavi Kandula fire.png" style="width: 100%;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="display: flex;justify-content: center;scale: 0.8;">Jaahnavi Kandula<br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><p style="text-align: left;">After the tragic death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in an accident with a speeding police vehicle in Seattle, US, a police official, Daniel Auderer, was heard laughing and passing insensitive comments.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Auderer has been reportedly fired by the Seattle Police interim chief, upholding the integrity of the department, as stated in an internal email.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Kandula, a student of Northeastern university in South Lake Union, died after she was hit by a Seattle Police vehicle driven by officer Kevin Dave at a pedestrian crossing on the night of Jan 23 last year.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Dave, who was responding to a “high priority” call that day at 8 pm, had reportedly chirped his siren, but did not have it running consistently, as he ploughed into Kandula.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Investigating the incident, Seattle Police Officers’ Guild Vice President Daniel Auderer, was heard calling Kandula a “regular person” and suggesting that the department “write a check”, in a bodycam footage.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The video clip sparked massive outrage across India and the US with leaders, lawmakers and advocacy groups calling for Audrer’s dismissal from the police service.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The Seattle Police Officers Guild had earlier said Auderer’s statements were taken out of context and that he was mocking lawyers and a legal system that places monetary value on human life.</p><p style="text-align: left;">(With inputs from syndicated feed)</p>

After the tragic death of Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula in an accident with a speeding police vehicle in Seattle, US, a police official, Daniel Auderer, was heard laughing and passing insensitive comments.

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