(For SI blog reader Araj)
Purdue University student and IIT alumnus Vikram Subbarao Buddhi, who recently received a 57-month prison sentence for threatening the U.S. President, Vice President, Defense Secretary and their families, allegedly threatened his father Kota Subbarao Buddhi with a knife in the U.S.
Vikram’s father Kota Subbarao Buddhi was in the U.S. at the time, presumably to help Vikram with his legal problems.
That’s just one of the interesting incidents we uncovered in an examination of court documents related to Vikram Buddhi’s case.
911 Call Made
According to the West Lafayette Police Department, Vikram Buddhi’s father Kota Subbarao Buddhi called 911 (an emergency crisis assistance number in the U.S.) on June 6, 2007 to allegedly complain that his son had threatened him with a knife.
Court filings in the Vikram Buddhi case disclose that a police officer was dispatched to the scene of the 911 emergency call.
The police officer’s report allegedly confirmed the 911 recording that Buddhi threatened his father Kota Subbarao Buddhi with a knife.
Vikram Buddhi denied allegations that he threatened his father Kota Subbarao Buddhi.
But Vikram Buddhi’s denial were not believed by U.S. Magistrate Rodovich, who found Vikram had violated the terms of his release and revoked his bond on June 21, 2007 despite Vikram’s father Kota Subbarao Buddhi claiming at the bond revocation hearing that it was all just a misunderstanding with the police.
Court Filings
Folks, here are links to some court documents related to the Vikram Subbarao Buddhi case
1. U.S. Secret Service complaint on Vikram Buddhi
2. Vikram Buddhi allegedly threatened father Kota Subbarao Buddhi with Knife
5. Vikram Buddhi case Jury Verdict
6. Vikram Buddhi case Judgment
Appeal Filed
By the way, Vikram Buddhi has filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit on December 11, 2009 against his sentence by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Court of Indiana.
As and when we get other interesting information/filings related to the Vikram Buddhi case, we’ll provide an update on this post or in a fresh post.
Update
Vikram Buddhi was released from prison on May 6, 2011.
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Wonder whether this guy has any ‘Buddhi’! 🙁
SearchIndia.com Responds:
If we lived near Chicago, we’d have asked him that question.
Couple of points, one this dude Vikram clearly appears to be clinically insane based on the various news reports on his actions.
Second rather than catching the key perps of 9/11, the US govts action of catching and putting someone insane like Vikram on trial is ridiculous.
This blog’s humor on a person who is likely suffering from some mental disorder is cheap to say the least.
Let the law take its course.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: Second rather than catching the key perps of 9/11, the US govts action of catching and putting someone insane like Vikram on trial is ridiculous.
In a long life, we’ve heard many ridiculous arguments. The above comment ranks high among them.
Vikram Buddhi is not insane. At least, not now. Defending his non-existent insanity is insane.
And last we checked, that whacko Osama was not standing on a roof-top with a banner proclaiming Bin-Laden lives here.
It’s of course sad and depressing that we’ve not been able to nab Osama. A reflection on the bumbling dodos at the CIA and the support he has among the Islamic nut-cases on the Pak-Afghanistan border.
Funny, desis never run out of excuses when it comes to supporting Vikram Buddhi.
2. You write: This blog’s humor on a person who is likely suffering from some mental disorder is cheap to say the least.
Even if Vikram Buddhi is suffering from some short-circuits in his upper-story, come on which desi is not off his/her/its rockers. 😉
Oh, wait…the sole exception could be the sane elements behind the SI blog.
3. You write: Let the law take its course.
It has. It has.
what will his PhD advisor in Purdue thinking now?
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Probably 🙁
What is the Araj connection.. I hope Araj is not Buddhi 🙂
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: What is the Araj connection..
We promised Araj on Saturday that we’d post some court documents relating to Vikram Buddhi.
Plus Araj’s comment suggested the Indian media had taken a strong pro-Vikram slant in their coverage.
So we decided to get the original court documents and put them out so that people in India can arrive at a more informed conclusion rather than just be swayed by the emotions of the Indian connection.
2. When we were poring over those documents, we found this interesting incident i.e. the 911 call by Vikram’s father Kota Subbarao Buddhi over the alleged threat by his son with a knife.