Hyderabad Youth Gets 8 Years Prison In US: A young man named Sai Varshit Kandula, living in Chandanagar, Hyderabad, was sentenced to 96 months in jail in America. He was accused of trying to attack the White House, the residence of the US President, in which he was found guilty. Sai Varshit lived in St. Louis, Missouri and was 20 years old. It had tried to attack using a rented truck on May 22, 2023.
According to the Times of India report, the court found that the intention of this young man was to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States and establish a dictatorship inspired by Nazi ideology. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office William McCool, FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI Washington Field Office Sanjay Virmani, Chief of the U.S. Park Police Jessica M. Taylor and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela A. Smith did.
Sai Varshit will remain under surveillance even after being released from jail
Sai Varshit Kandula was born in a city named Chandanagar, India. At the time of the incident, he had a green card and was a legal permanent resident of America. Apart from the jail sentence, the court has also ordered him to be kept under surveillance for three years after his release.
What is the matter?
According to court documents, Kandula flew from St. Louis, Missouri to Washington on May 22, 2023, on a one-way airline ticket. After this he reached the airport at around 5.20 pm and hired a truck at 6.30 pm. After stopping to eat and fill up gas, he headed for Washington. At 9.35 pm, he collided with the truck into the traffic barrier installed on the northern side of the White House. He even drove the truck on the footpath. Due to fear the pedestrians started running away.
After hitting the barrier, he turned the truck backwards and hit it a second time. In the second collision, the truck suffered heavy damage and smoke started coming out from the engine. After getting out of the truck, Kandula took out a Nazi Swastika flag from his bag and waved it. After this, US Park Police and US Secret Service officers arrested Kandula on the spot and took him into custody. Sai Varshit’s attempt was to reach the White House and his intention was to replace the democratically elected government with a dictatorship inspired by Nazi Germany, with himself as its leader.
What did Sai Varshit confess?
Kandula admitted to the investigators that he could do anything to achieve his target. If necessary, he was ready to kill the American President and other people.