New Delhi: The Telugu youth who was fired upon in California earlier this week is now out of danger.

The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj responded to the Mubeen Ahmed issue and posted on twitter handle on Thursday night. "I have received the report from our Consulate in San Francisco," she tweeted. "The victim Mubeen Ahmed works at a gas station. A gunman demanded money from Mubeen and then fired at him," she said. "He is admitted in the Eden Medical Center CA. Fortunately Mubeen is now out of danger. We are following up the case with the police" she added.

I have received the report from our Consulate in San Francisco. https://t.co/k7C1MS18Ft /1
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 8, 2017

The victim Mubeen Ahmed works at a gas station. A gunman demanded money from Mubeen and then fired at him. /2
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 8, 2017

Mubeen Ahmed(26), a native of Sangareddy, was shot on June 4 in the stomach at the place in California where he works, though the family came to know about it only on Thursday. His family said that some men went to his work place posing as customers and got into an argument with Mubeen before firing at him. The injured Mubeen was rushed to the California hospital, where he underwent surgery. His relatives from Chicago were attending on him at the hospital.

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