PIO researcher killed in US

Houston, Aug. 4: A 43-yearold Indian-origin woman researcher in the US was killed while she was out jogging and police have initiated a homicide investigation, according to media reports.

According to the police, Sarmistha Sen, who was based in Plano city in the state of Texas, was randomly attacked and killed while jogging on August 1 near the Chisholm Trail Park. Her body was found lying in the creek-area near Legacy Drive and Marchman Way by a passer-by, according reports.

Sen, a mother of two sons, was a pharmacist and researcher who studied molecular biology and worked with cancer patients, reports said. According to the Dallasnews.com, a person of interest in the case has been arrested on a burglary charge.

He was identified on Monday as 29-year old Bakari Abiona Moncrief, and is in custody at the Collin County jail, the report said. Police say around the same time of the murder, someone broke into a house nearby on the 3400 block of Michael Drive.