Shreyas Reddy Beniger was learning at Linder Faculty of Enterprise in Ohio.
New Delhi:
An Indian origin pupil was discovered lifeless within the US on Thursday within the fourth incident this 12 months and the third in every week.
19-year-old Shreyas Reddy Beniger was a pupil on the Linder Faculty of Enterprise in Ohio. Officers advised NDTV that Shreyas’ mother and father keep in Hyderabad, however he had an American passport.
Authorities have dominated out any foul play or a risk of a hate crime within the case.
The Indian Mission in New York has expressed anguish and mentioned a probe is on to determine the reason for Beniger’s loss of life.
”Deeply saddened by the unlucky demise of Mr. Shreyas Reddy Benigeri, a pupil of Indian origin in Ohio. Police investigation is underway. At this stage, foul play shouldn’t be suspected. The Consulate continues to stay in contact with the household and is extending all attainable help to them,” the Indian Consulate in New York posted on X – earlier often called Twitter.
Deeply saddened by the unlucky demise of Mr. Shreyas Reddy Benigeri, a pupil of Indian origin in Ohio. Police investigation is underway. At this stage, foul play shouldn’t be suspected.
The Consulate continues to stay in contact with the household and is extending all attainable…
— India in New York (@IndiainNewYork) February 1, 2024
Earlier this week, Neel Acharya – a pupil at Purdue College – was discovered lifeless. Acharya was reported lacking by his mom on Sunday. Hours later, a physique was discovered on the college campus and was recognized as that of Acharya.
His mom Gaury had sought assist to seek out him in a submit on social media. In line with her, he was final seen by an Uber driver who dropped him off on the campus.
In one other case, Vivek Saini – a resident of Haryana’s Panchkula – was hammered to lifeless by a homeless man in Georgia’s Lithonia on January 16.
Vivek Saini, who was pursuing an MBA diploma in Georgia’s Lithonia, labored part-time at a comfort retailer that sheltered a homeless man Julian Faulkner. Saini had reportedly given the person chips, water and even a jacket every so often. On January 16, the 25-year-old reportedly refused to offer Faulkner free meals, and this led to the frenzied assault; the person hit the scholar 50 occasions, the police mentioned.
One other Indian pupil, Akul Dhawan, was discovered lifeless exterior the College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in January.
The 18-year-old’s post-mortem steered that he died from hypothermia.
Nonetheless, Dhawan’s mother and father have filed a criticism, accusing the college’s police division of negligence and inaction after Akul Dhawan was reported lacking. ”That is weird, {that a} child is rarely discovered who was simply lower than a block, like one minute away, sitting there, lifeless, frozen to loss of life,” his father Ish Dhawan mentioned.
There are over 300,000 Indian college students within the US. Simply within the final two years, 200,000 college students have been issued US visas, with an enormous inflow after Covid.
Consultants say psychological stress, loneliness and publicity to substance abuse turns into lethal in lots of circumstances.