Telangana minister of municipal administration and urban development KT Rama Rao also assured help in bringing Aishwarya's body home. Meanwhile, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said he is closely tracking the incident and taking regular updates from Indian ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu.

We are closely monitoring the situation,' CGI said. 'Our officers are on the ground to render all possible assistance. CGI is also in touch with the Aishwarya's family and local authorities. CGI said once formalities are completed, Aishwarya's body would be sent back home. Aishwarya's family lives in Saroornagar and her father is a judge in the Rangareddy district court. 'We did not want to give the family the sad news but that is what it is,' Ashok said, adding that they called up the family at Saroornagar. Finally, when he enquired at the Collin County Medical Examiner's Office, he came to know about the tragic news. Ashok Kolla of Telugu Association of North America (TANA), who was interviewed by Fox 4 Dallas Fort, said he began searching for her in various hospitals but could not find her. It was only when Aishwarya did not return to her room on May 6 that her friends started panicking.

Her visit to Allen Mall on that fateful day was also for buying an outfit for the celebration. As her birthday was on May 18, the company was making arrangements to host a big celebration. Srinivas said he is planning to set up a permanent memorial for Aishwarya in her cabin. At her office cabin, people have been sending bouquets to express grief. 'She was more like a daughter to me,' Srinivas said. He said Aishwarya was efficient in her work and had plans to buy a house in Dallas and settle down. 'I had plans to make her the company's CEO,' Srinivas Chaluvadi, president of Perfect General Contractors LLC, told CBS News recently after her death. Two other Indians suffered bullet injuries in the shooting, according to the consul general of India (CGI) in Houston, Texas. Nine persons were shot dead in the mayhem on that fateful day. Tragically, the Saroornagar girl's dream died with her when she fell to the bullets of a gunman at a mall mass shooting in Dallas, Texas, on May 6. She had just landed a job as a project engineer with a construction company in Frisco, Texas, after graduating as a civil engineer, but her employer saw a future CEO in her. HYDERABAD: Aishwarya Thatikonda, 27, had the potential to head a company one day.

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