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MENAFN- Live Mint) "An Indian student from Telangana has been reported missing in Chicago since May 2. The 25-year-old Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi, studying for a master's degree at Concordia University, Wisconsin, has not been in contact since May 2, according to the Consulate of India in Chicago Chandra Chintakindi has been missing from the 4300 block of N. Sheridan Rd, the Chicago Police said in a statement Consulate General of India in Chicago said it contacted the police and Indian diaspora to locate/reestablish contact with Rupesh.“The Consulate is deeply concerned learning that Indian student Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi has been incommunicado since 2nd May. The consulate is in touch with the police and the Indian diaspora hoping to locate/reestablish contact with Rupesh. @IndianEmbassyUS @MEAIndia,” the Consulate posted on X.Also Read: Indian students in American universities 'scared to travel alone', stay 'situationally aware' after 2 deaths in a weekIn a letter to Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, Sadanandam appealed for assistance in locating his missing son Reddy, the Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Development of the North Eastern Region, Government of India, wrote to the Ministry of External Affairs on May 8, requesting that the Consulate General of India (CGI) in Chicago aid in tracing Rupesh, who has been missing“@DrSJaishankar, @kishanreddybjp, Sir please speak to concern Chicago police Department about the missing of Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi. Please its my humble request,” he wrote in a post on X.According to a report by Times of India, the student's father, Ch. Sadanandam, a resident of Hanamkonda district, mentioned that he last spoke with his son via WhatsApp on the afternoon of May 2.Also Read: Who is Neel Acharya? Another Indian student found dead in US after brutal murder of Vivek Saini“He replied he was doing some work. Later on, I could not contact him, and he is offline,” Sadanandam said in April, a 25-year-old Indian student who had been missing since March was found dead in Cleveland, USA. Mohammad Abdul Arfath, from Nacharam, Hyderabad, arrived in the US in May last year to pursue a master's degree in IT from Cleveland University March, Amarnath Ghosh, a 34-year-old classical dancer from India, was shot and killed in St. Louis, Missouri Read: 'Missing' Indian student Mohammed Arfath found dead in Ohio, 11th such case this year; Indian consulate 'anguished'Sameer Kamath, a 23-year-old Indian-American student at Purdue University, was found dead in an Indiana nature reserve on February 5.On February 2, Vivek Taneja, a 41-year-old Indian-origin IT executive, suffered life-threatening injuries during an attack outside a Washington restaurant January, Akul Dhawan, an 18-year-old University of Illinois student, was discovered unresponsive outside a campus building. Investigations revealed that his death was due to hypothermia, with authorities indicating that acute alcohol intoxication and extended exposure to extreme cold were significant factors.(With inputs from PTI)
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