A police officer in Seattle, U.S. state of Washington, was recorded laughing about the death of an Indian student being hit and killed by a police car early this year, sparking outrage in the country and internationally.

More than 200 people on Thursday took to the Seattle intersection where 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula was fatally struck in January, calling for accountability for the officer who killed her and for Daniel Auderer’s comments about the crash, which some described as “disgusting” and “abhorrent.”

Kandula was struck by police officer Kevin Dave’s car on Jan. 23 and died that night. She was due to graduate in December with a master’s degree in information systems from the Seattle campus of Northeastern University.

Body-camera footage released this week showed Auderer, vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, joking with the police union’s president by laughing and saying that Kandula “had limited value.”

“Jaahnavi Kandula’s death was a horrible tragedy, and the scale of her loss should not be diminished or mocked by anyone,” Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi said on Thursday, urging the Seattle police to pursue the investigation with seriousness.

“The recording of a Seattle police officer making light of her death and questioning the value of her life is disgusting and unacceptable,” he added.

Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal also strongly condemned the incident, highlighting the harmful consequences of normalizing xenophobia and racism.