Amid issues over the latest surge within the assault on Indian students within the United States, Eric Garcetti, the US Ambassador to India, on Friday stated the Biden-led administration is “very committed” to guarantee Indians that the US is a “wonderful and safe” place to pursue increased research.

Expressing regrets over the assaults on Indian college students, he stated that “our heart always is touched” by such tragedies. He, however, mentioned that the US has the highest number of Indian students than any nation in the world.

“Our heart is always touched when any tragedy, whether it is a life taken by somebody or any violence – no matter who they are. We are very committed to making sure that Indians know that the United States is a wonderful place to study and to be safe. We have more Indians studying in the US than any country in the world,” Garcetti stated whereas talking to ANI.

“We know tragedies will occur, it is our accountability to ensure that we work along with the Indian authorities and that individuals know what they’ll do. Our hearts exit to the households in any of those tragedies,” he added.

Also Read: Exclusive: Indian students in US universities living in fear after 2 deaths in a week, ‘Scared to travel alone’

Indian students found dead in US under mysterious circumstances

Recently, a horrific attack in the United States on an Indian student from Hyderabad named Syed Mazahir Ali, who is is pursuing a master’s degree at Indiana Wesleyan University, grabbed the attention of people in India. Ali was attacked by four armed thieves close to his Chicago home, resulting in critical injuries. Following the incident, a video of him bleeding went viral on social media.

Also Read: Wife of Hyderabad student attacked in Chicago reacts, writes to S Jaishankar

“Four people attacked me. I was returning home with a food packet in my hand. I slipped near my house and the four people kicked and punched me. Please help me, bro. Please help me,” Ali can be heard saying in the video.

After the incident, Mazahir Ali’s wife Ruqiya Fatima wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking medical and legal help. “This is to state that my husband Syed Mazahir Ali who was pursuing a Masters in Information and Technology from Indiana Wesley University, I got a call around 6 pm on February 4 from one of my husband’s friends that he had been attacked very badly and robbed at Campbell Ave, Chicago while he was near his apartment and has been taken to some hospital,” she wrote in a letter on Tuesday.

The occasion has highlighted the precarious safety circumstances that Indian college students within the US are topic to. There have been a number of reviews of violent assaults towards Indian college students all through the US in latest instances. Several Indian origin college students, together with Vivek Saini, Shreyas Reddy Beniger, Neel Acharya and Akul Dhawan, had been discovered lifeless underneath mysterious circumstances there.