Hyderabad, June 14
A student from Hyderabad has been shot dead by unidentified gunman in the US, according to his family.

Sai Kiran Goud was killed by a group of unidentified men in Miami, Florida, on Sunday, it said.

The 21-year-old was apparently waylaid by a group of suspected robbers. When he refused to handover his iPhone, a gunman opened fire, killing him instantaneously.

Sai had gone to the US last month and was pursuing his masters in a university in Miami.

The news shocked Sai\'s parents and other family members. A pall of gloom descended on the house of the youth in Kushaiguda area.

Sai\'s family has appealed to the Telangana and the central governments to help bring the body home.

Hyderabadi student shot dead in Miami, FL