5th Indian-origin student found dead in US this year
New Delhi: An Indian-origin man studying at Purdue University in the US state of Indiana was found dead, making it the fifth such case in recent weeks.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Sameer Kamath (23), a US citizen, was found dead at a nature reserve on Monday evening. He was a doctoral candidate at the university. It was the second such case involving Indian-origin students of the university in less than 10 days.
Last week, 19-year-old Shreyas Reddy Beniger, a student at Lindner School of Business in Ohio State, was found dead. However, local authorities have ruled out foul play.
Another Indian student, Neel Acharya at Purdue University, was confirmed dead days after being reported missing on January 28. The cause of his death is still unknown.
Before that, Vivek Saini, who recently earned an MBA degree in the US, was bludgeoned to death by a homeless drug addict in the State of Georgia on January 16.
Akul B Dhawan, an 18-year-old at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was found dead last month.
On the other hand, an IT student from India, Syed Mazahir Ali, was chased and attacked by unidentified men near his house in Chicago on Sunday. Ali, who moved to the US from Hyderabad about six months ago, is pursuing Master’s at Indiana Wesleyan University.
