Indian student who stabbed two teenagers with fork mid-flight indicted in Boston; faces up to 10 years, $250,000 fine

A 28-year-old Indian national has been indicted in Boston after allegedly stabbing two 17-year-old passengers with a metal fork during a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt last month. The incident forced the plane to divert to the United States, according to the Justice Department. Federal prosecutors said Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli had entered the country on a student visa but no longer had lawful status. He now faces two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm while travelling on an aircraft. A federal grand jury returned the indictment on Thursday. He has been detained since his arrest on October 27 and will be arraigned in Boston at a later date. According to charging documents, the incident unfolded on October 25 on Lufthansa flight 431 shor