The scholar was discovered lifeless on January 20 after his physique was discovered on the again porch of a constructing.

Akul Dhawan, an 18-year-old Indian-American scholar on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign within the US, died final month after reportedly going lacking for a number of hours. The Champaign County Coroner’s Office in Illinois this week mentioned the Indian-American scholar died of hypothermia following “acute alcohol intoxication and prolonged exposure to freezing temperatures, which significantly contributed to his death.”

The scholar was found dead on January 20 after his physique was discovered on the again porch of a constructing close to the college campus in west Urbana within the US state of Illinois. There have been indicators of hypothermia when his physique was discovered however the precise explanation for dying was below investigation by the campus police.

‘Denied Entry In Club’

Akul was out for drinks with mates on January 20. Around 11:30 at night time, he and his mates determined to go to the Canopy Club – a venue near the campus that they’d visited earlier than that night time.

The workers on the membership denied him entry. He tried to enter the membership “multiple times” however was repeatedly denied by workers,” investigators said, adding that he also turned down two rideshare vehicles called for him, Kansas City reported.

Illinois and much of the midwest experienced brutal cold and freezing temperatures in the latter half of January, with wind chills dipping between -20 to -30 degrees.

Several calls were made to him that went unanswered and a friend contacted the campus police to search him. According to police, an officer looked for Dhawan by driving “at a strolling tempo” near the “seemingly path” he would have taken back to campus but did not see him.

The next morning, an employee of the university notified police and emergency medical services of “a person on the again porch of a constructing”. Police said that he was “lifeless on the time he was discovered”.

Akul’s parents – Ish and Ritu Dhawan said their son was found just 400 feet from where he was reported missing based on location-tracking data on their son’s phone.

Dhawan, who turned 18 in September last year, according to The News-Gazette, came to the University of Illinois’ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to study robotics despite his parent’s opposition, who wished him to be closer to home.

The Jaahnavi Kandula

After a year of legal battles, court proceedings, and calls for accountability, the police officer who was accused of running his vehicle over Jaajnavi Kandula will walk free. She was a 23-year-old Indian student, who was killed after being hit by a speeding police vehicle in the US state of Washington on January 23 last year.

Despite acknowledging the impact on communities both locally and “the world over”, a US prosecutor claimed a lack of “adequate proof” to pursue felony fees towards Seattle police officer Kevin Dave, who was driving at 120 mph when his cop automotive hit Ms Kandula, a Master’s scholar in Seattle from Andhra Pradesh. 

In bodycam footage launched by Seattle Police, officer Daniel Auderer, who was not concerned within the collision however was current on the scene, laughed in regards to the crash earlier than dismissing the necessity for a felony investigation and making insensitive feedback about Ms Kandula’s age and worth.