India last issued a travel advisory for its students and citizens in Canada in September 2023 due to rising anti-India activities and politically motivated hate crimes and criminal violence in the country.
अमेरिका में चार भारतीय छात्रों की मौत से हंगामा, भारतीयों के लिए अमेरिका तेजी से असुरक्षित स्थान बनता जा रहा
Four Indian students have died one after the other in the US, sparking fears over the safety of students studying abroad and angry netizens demanding travel advice.
Following the deaths of Neil Acharya of Purdue University, Vivek Saini, an MBA student in Georgia, and Akul B Dhawan of the University of Illinois, the latest case on Thursday is that of Shreyas Reddy Benigeri, a student at the Lindner School of Business in Cincinnati.
Announcing Benigeri’s death, the Indian Consulate in New York said a police investigation was underway, while the demand for an advisory for Indian students has intensified among netizens.
“Deeply saddened by the unfortunate demise of Indian-origin student Shreyas Reddy Benigeri in Ohio. Police investigation is ongoing. At this stage, foul play is not suspected,” the Consulate said in a post on Twitter.
The Consulate said it is in touch with the Benigeri family and is providing them all possible assistance. Debashish Sarkar, a user on There is no work.”
Describing the US as “increasingly becoming an unsafe place for Indians”, Issue a travel advisory against.”
Another user Rakesh Bakshi wrote, “India should probably issue a travel advisory for Indian students wanting to study in the US,” while several others urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take immediate action.
India last issued a travel advisory for its students and citizens in Canada in September 2023 due to rising anti-India activities and politically motivated hate crimes and criminal violence in the country.
The tragic incidents come as Indian students constitute more than 25 per cent of the more than one million foreign students studying in the United States, according to the Open Doors Report of November 2023.
The report said the number of Indians going to the US for higher education increased by 35 percent to an all-time high of 2,68,923 students in the academic year 2022-23.
Last year, the US consular team in India issued more than 1 lakh 40 thousand student visas, more than any other country in the world, setting a record for the third consecutive year.
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