Indian students' deaths in the US – the community wants answers - BBC News

A spate of unconnected deaths of Indian students in the US has set off safety concerns within the community.

15 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Purdue Exponent OrgImage caption, Neel Acharya, 19, was found dead on Purdue University campus - he died of asphyxia with exposure to coldBy Savita PatelSan Francisco Dejected. That's how Jey Sushil, a student at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, says he feels.

Mr Sushil is still shaken by the death in February of fellow student Amarnath Ghosh, a 34-year-old classical dancer from India. Local police are investigating it as a homicide case.

Mr Sushil says he found out about Ghosh's death through a friend in India before receiving any information from his university.

"They told us after two days. Students are not very happy with the overall response. It's like, who cares about how Indians feel?"

Ghosh was fatally shot off campus in a city street. The university clarified that it communicates a student's death only after law enforcement confirms the identity, a process that takes time, and with consent from the student's next of kin.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68832876

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