US February 27 : The family of an Indian student, who is hospitalised in the United States after meeting with an accident, is seeking an urgent visa to visit her. The student, named Neelam Shinde, is from Maharashtra’s Satara district and her father, Tanaji Shinde, has requested an urgent visa due to medical emergency.
Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule raised the issue on social media and urged Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar to look into the matter and help Neelam’s family.
Through a post on X, formerly Twitter, Sule said, “Student Neelam Shinde has met with an accident in the USA and is hospitalized in a local hospital. Her father, Tanaji Shinde, from Satara, Maharashtra, India, urgently needs to visit his daughter due to a medical emergency. Tanaji Shinde has applied for an urgent visa to the USA and requires assistance.”
Neelam is currently in a coma and is critical after she met with an accident on February 14 in California, according to an report. She was hit by a four-wheeler, following which she suffered multiple fractures and serious injuries in her head and chest, the report added.
“We got to know about the accident on February 16 and have been trying for a visa since then. But we haven’t got it yet,” quoted Neelam’s father as saying.
Her father and brother also said that they last spoke to her on February 12, two days before the accident.
Summary: Neelam Shinde, an Indian student, is in critical condition following an accident, and her family urgently requests a visa to travel to the US.