An Indian scholar finding out within the US state of Ohio has died and a probe has been launched into the case, the Indian Consulate in New York mentioned on Friday. The demise of Uma Satya Sai Gadde in Cleveland is the most recent in a string of tragedies to shock the Indian diaspora within the nation.

“Deeply saddened by the unlucky demise of Mr Uma Satya Sai Gadde, an Indian scholar in Cleveland, Ohio,” the Consulate General of India in New York said in a post on X.

The consulate said that they continue to remain in touch with Gadde’s family in India.

“All possible assistance is being extended, including to transport Mr Uma Gadde’s mortal remains to India at the earliest,” the consulate mentioned.

At least half a dozen deaths of Indian and Indian-origin college students within the US have been reported because the starting of 2024 resulting in considerations among the many group as they discover an alarming rise within the variety of assaults on the scholars from India.

Since the start of the yr, deaths of 34-year-old educated classical dancer from India, Amarnath Ghosh, was shot useless in St Louis, Missouri, Sameer Kamath, a 23-year-old Indian-American scholar at Purdue University – who was discovered useless in a nature protect in Indiana on February 5 and Vivek Taneja, a 41-year-old Indian-origin IT government, suffered life-threatening accidents throughout an assault exterior a restaurant in Washington has raised considerations.

The demise of Taneja was the seventh demise of an Indian or Indian-American in current months within the US.

The Indian Embassy in Washington with a view to deal with the considerations relating to the sequence of deaths and assaults on Indians and Indian-origin individuals and college students held, together with different Indian consulates, a digital interplay with Indian college students from throughout the US the place they mentioned varied facets of scholar well-being and methods to remain related with the bigger diaspora.

About 150 Indian Student Association workplace bearers and college students from 90 US universities participated within the interplay led by Charge d’Affaires Ambassador Sripriya Ranganathan.

It was additionally attended by the Consul Generals of India in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Seattle.

(with inputs from PTI)