LONDON/HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old MBA student from Hyderabad was critically stabbed in the London borough of Newham Friday night. The student was identified as J Praveen Reddy, a student of business management at the London School of Business. His family lives at Road No: 2, Pragathinagar near LB Nagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad.The family said in Hyderabad that the young man had gone to a birthday party with his room mates Friday evening. They suspect that trouble broke out at the party.Without disclosing details, a statement by Scotland Yard said, “Police were called at 08.23 on Friday, 10 February to Newham General Hospital after a man in his 20s was admitted suffering from stab wounds.”It added, “Officers believe the man sustained his injuries at an address in Kent Street, E13. Eleven people have been arrested. Four remain in custody. The other seven have been bailed until future dates. Detectives from Newham Borough are investigating.” The UK Metropolitan Police said they are not treating the stabbing as one motivated by race hatred.Praveen’s father Sudhakar Reddy, a businessman, said he had no idea why or by whom his son was attacked. He said London police had telephoned Praveen’s elder brother in US and informed him that Praveen has been hospitalised with serious injuries. The family learnt that Praveen was stabbed eight times in the chest and stomach, damaging his liver.Sudhakar said he has spoken to the investigating officer of the case and was told that 11 persons are being probed in connection with the attack.An alumnus of the BR Ambedkar Open University in Hyderabad, Praveen Reddy enrolled in the London School of Business for a business management degree in April 2010.His father said, “Praveen had called me at around 9.30 am Friday, and he sounded happy and told me he planned to return to India.“He said he would come to Hyderabad on Feb. 17 for (his elder brother) Jayakar’s wedding. It was a shock to hear this morning that he was stabbed at a party.”In New Delhi, India’s external affairs minister S M Krishna spoke to the acting high commissioner to the UK, Rajesh Prasad, and asked him to extend all possible help to the student.Krishna also spoke to the student’s father, promising help in getting a visa to go and see his son.They also said that High Commission officials were coordinating with the doctors treating Praveen and MEA officials in Delhi will take up the matter with the British High Commission to ensure expeditious issue of a visa to his parents.
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