Shaquille O'Neal contributes $30,000 reward to find
suspect who shot NRI police officer Paramhans Desai

Los Angeles, Nov 08, 2021
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh

A 38-year-old NRI police officer was critically injured after a person fired at him and fled the scene while he was responding to a domestic dispute in the US state of Georgia, according to media reports on Monday.

Investigators in Georgia and NBA (National Basketball Association) Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal have offered a USD 30,000 reward for any information on the suspect who shot and wounded Paramhans Desai last week

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Jordan Jackson, who is wanted on aggravated assault charges in connection with the shooting. Police said Jackson drove away in a 2016 Honda Civic with a Georgia license plate and have described him as "armed and dangerous." 

Desai was taken to Grady Medical Centre and was listed in critical, but stable condition

Desai is married and has two children. He has been with the Henry County Police department for two years and previously worked for the Georgia Department of Corrections and DeKalb County Police, the report said, quoting police.

In 2019, Indian-American Sikh police officer Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, who was in his early 40s, was shot multiple times from behind and killed in “ruthless, cold-blooded way” during a traffic stop in Texas. Dhaliwal was married and a father to three children.......Read More