I belive it's written by an Indian news source, which is why the original article included it in their headline.

It like when someone from your hometown does something newsworthy elsewhere - the local headlines will read "Man from HOMETOWN does $THING"

Why does the colour matter? Indians are varied in colour. I took the extra information to be a point of reference with regards to the reward of $10,080: that is a hefty sum for local IT workers in that country. Good on that person.