Sai Varshith Kandula is an Indian-American teenager who drove a U-Haul truck into security barriers at Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington DC on May 22, 2023.
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Wiki/Biography
Sai Varshith Kandula was born in 2004 (age 19 years; as of 2023). He graduated from Marquette High School in St. Louis, Missouri in 2022. He did some certificate courses in Data Analytics with some leading organizations including Google and IBM.
Family
Sai Varshith Kandula hails from a Telugu family in Chesterfield, Missouri, United States.
parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
Truck collision incident in White House
On 22 May 2023, Sai Varshith Kandula was caught by the police after the audacious act of crashing a U-Haul truck into a security barrier at Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington DC. His radical intention appears to have been to “assassinated Joe Biden, get into the White House, seize power from the government, and be in charge of the country”. The post-arrest investigation revealed that Candula rented an orange and white box truck from U-Haul, an American rental company in Herndon, Virginia, upon arriving at Dulles International Airport after traveling on a one-way ticket from St. Louis. But took. Around 8:00 pm. After forcing the vehicle through security barriers, he reportedly got out of the front seat and began waving a red swastika-marked flag before being taken into custody. Investigators later recovered several items from the vehicle, including a Nazi flag, duct tape, a backpack, and a notebook filled with written material.
Nazi flag and other items removed from truck
Reportedly, during interrogation Sai Varshith claimed that his mission at the White House was successful in the sense that he had conveyed his message to entities like the United States Secret Service. He said,
Either way, whether I made it to the White House or not, my message got across.
When he was questioned about his awareness of the consequences of his actions, he admitted that he feared his arrest. During interrogation, Kandula mentioned a “green book”, which he described as a vessel for his thoughts. He revealed that he was writing down his plans to break into the White House and his imaginary actions after coming to power in this green book. The US Park Police filed several charges against Sai Vershith, including threatening to kill, kidnap or cause harm to the President, the Vice President or their relatives, assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless driving, trespassing and threatening to destroy federal property. The formal complaint alleges that Kandula caused more than US$1,000 in damage to the White House’s exterior barriers.
A U.S. Park Police officer inspects a security barrier in Lafayette Square Park near the White House
Facts/General Knowledge
- According to sources, Kandula viewed Adolf Hitler as a strong leader. It is reported that he considered the Nazis to have a glorious past, a sentiment he expressed during the investigation.
- He is said to have participated in student council during his sophomore year at Marquette High School.
- In an interview, Varshith Kandula’s friend Aniket Sharma provided some information about Kandula’s personality. According to Sharma, Kandula was generally reserved and introverted. He said that Kandula, who liked to play tennis, was not particularly communicative and that their conversations were often brief. Contrary to the developing story, Sharma vehemently denied that Kandula was a white supremacist or linked to neo-Nazi ideologies.
- According to his LinkedIn profile, Varshith aims to become a data analyst and is proficient in Python and Java programming languages. He has completed some certificate courses in Data Analytics with some of the leading organizations including Google and IBM.
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