No foul play in death of Indian student studying at University of Cincinnati, says MEA

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs said that “no foul play” has been found in the preliminary investigation report into the death of a University of Cinccinati student, Shreyas Reddy. The MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also added that the accused in murder case of another Indian student, Vivek Saini, has been caught by the local police.

Jaiswal said in recent weeks, five students – two Indian nationals and three belonging to the Indian diaspora in the US – have died. He said the deaths were not connected, the NDTV reported.

Vivek Saini was brutally killed with repeated blows from a hammer by a homeless man inside a store in Georgia, US on January 29. The attacker, Julian Faulkner, a homeless drug addict, has been arrested by the police. "The local authorities are investigating the matter and taking it forward," Jaiswal said.

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Neel Acharya, an Indian student who was studying at Purdue University in Indiana state, was also found dead in the US in the past one week. Acharya, a double major in computer science and data science at the John Martinson Honours College of Purdue University, was reported missing on social media on Sunday.

"There are five students with Indian connections who have died. Two are India nationals and the rest three are of Indian origin but US nationals. We are in touch with the local authorities in the cases of Indian nationals,” he added.

Earlier, Indian consulates in the US have said they are in connection with the local authorities, universities and the grieved families.