The Ministry of External Affairs has taken up the case of Indian student, Neelam Shinde, who is in critical condition after a car accident in California, sources said.
The US side is looking into the formalities for early grant of visa for her family, the sources added.
Neelam Shinde, 35, a student from Satara, Maharashtra, is in critical condition after a car accident in California on February 14. She is currently in a coma and being treated in the ICU, Supriya Sule, a Member of Parliament, told the media.
The driver who allegedly caused the accident has been arrested.
As Neelam’s condition remains grave, her family is desperately seeking assistance from the government to obtain an emergency visa that would allow her father, Tanaji Shinde, to travel to the US and be by her side during this critical period.
Shinde’s family has applied for an urgent visa.
Voicing her concern, Sule posted on social media: “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.”
Sule requested the MEA to step in and help with the processing of the visa and tagged External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, asking them to “look into the matter and provide the necessary assistance”.
