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India has demanded a probe into the death of an Indian student, Jaahnavi Kandula, who was hit and killed by a police car as she was crossing a street in Seattle, United States. This comes amid massive outrage over a purported bodycam video in which a police officer is heard joking and laughing about Kandula’s death.

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00:00 Yeah, just write a cheque.

00:02 $11,000.

00:04 She was 26 anyway.

00:06 India has demanded a probe into the death of an Indian student,

00:10 Jhanvi Kandula, who was hit and killed by a police car

00:14 as she was crossing a street in Seattle, United States.

00:17 This comes amid massive outrage over a perpetrated bodycam video

00:21 in which a police officer is heard joking and laughing about Kandula's death.

00:26 The Consulate General of India in San Francisco on Wednesday

00:30 termed the incident and the now-viral video of the cop's reaction as "deeply troubling".

00:35 In a post on social media site X, the Indian Mission in San Francisco wrote,

00:40 "Recent reports, including in the media, of the handling of Ms. Jhanvi Kandula's death

00:45 in a road accident in Seattle in January are deeply troubling.

00:48 We have taken up the matter strongly with local authorities in Seattle and Washington State

00:53 as well as senior officials in Washington, D.C."

00:56 The Indian Mission in its post mentioned that it has asked the authorities

01:01 for a thorough investigation and action against those involved in this tragic case.

01:06 "The Consulate and Embassy will continue to closely follow up on this matter

01:09 with all authorities concerned," added the post.

01:12 The 23-year-old graduate student was killed on January 23

01:17 after she was hit by a patrol car driven by police officer Kevin Dave in Seattle.

01:22 According to reports, Dave was driving the car at 74mph

01:26 and the student's body was thrown more than 100 feet away.

01:29 But what has left the people shocked and angry is the video of the cop mocking the 23-year-old's death.

01:36 The Seattle Police Department released footage from accused officer Daniel Audra's body cam on Monday.

01:42 In the video clip, Audra, who serves as vice president of the Seattle Police Officer Guild,

01:48 can be heard talking about the accident in a call with the Guild's president Mike Solon.

01:53 He can then be heard saying, "She's dead," before bursting into laughter.

01:57 Towards the end of the clip, Audra can be heard saying, "Yeah, just write a cheque.

02:01 $11,000. She was 26 anyway. She had limited value."

02:05 He could be heard remarking shamelessly.

02:08 From Mantra Pradesh, Janhvi Kandula was a student of Northeastern University campus in South Lake Union.

02:14 The family has nothing to say. Her uncle, Ashok Mandula, was quoted as saying,

02:17 "Except I wonder if these men's daughters or granddaughters have value. A life is a life," he said.

02:23 The Office of Police Accountability confirmed that an investigation has been initiated

02:27 after the agency received a complaint on August 2 from an employee with the Seattle Police Department.

02:33 "The Oversight Agency, which investigates police misconduct and recommends discipline to the police chief,

02:38 is investigating the context in which the statements were made and whether any policies had been violated," the police department said.

02:46 The agency has not yet confirmed the name of the person who filed the complaint.

02:51 The agency has not yet confirmed the name of the person who filed the complaint.

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