Amid heart-rending scenes, the mortal remains of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the US in an apparent hate crime incident, were consigned to flames in Hyderabad today.

Kuchibhotla's father Madhusudana Rao lit the funeral pyre at the crematorium in Jubilee Hills in the afternoon. The parents of the 32-year-old engineer were in deep sorrow over the tragedy that has struck them.

The growth in GDP during 2016-17 is estimated at 7.1% as compared to the growth rate of 7.9 % in 2015-16. GDP growth was at 7% in the #DeMonetisation period (Oct-Dec)Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, several other leaders, family members and friends of Kuchibhotla were present on the occasion.

As the funeral pyre was lit, some of those present at the crematorium raised slogans in memory of Kuchibhotla and against the US administration.
The body was earlier taken to the crematorium from his house at Bachupally on the city's outskirts.