The body of 22-year-old Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a UC Berkeley master’s student from Karnataka, was found in California after a six-day search. The Indian Consulate is coordinating with local authorities to repatriate his remains while police investigate the cause of death.
The couple claimed repeated harassment by faculty, dismissal of complaints, and exclusionary food rules affecting South Asian students, arguing that the university’s response exposed the gap between diversity rhetoric and lived experiences of international scholars.
Bhanushali pointed out that while Pakistan has been able to make its representation at glocal forums, the Indian side has not been appropriately represented internationally.
Ranjani Srinivasan was an Indian student pursuing a doctoral degree in Urban Planning at Columbia University. She was in the US on an F-1 student visa, which was revoked after she got involved in activities that were deemed pro-Hamas. The Department of Homeland Security has officially designated Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
According to official sources, while purportedly playing the ‘Blue Whale challenge’, the Indian student was holding his breath for two minutes which reportedly led to his unfortunate demise.
Paruchuri Abhijit, a student from Andhra Pradesh studying in the US was found dead in a forest. He was murdered on Univeristy Campus and the dead body was dumped in a car in the forest.
According to the Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office, officials were called around to 500 Allison Road in West Lafayette for a possible dead body. Upon arrival, a "college-aged male" was found deceased on Purdue's campus.