Indian student Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi missing in Chicago since May 2; what we know so far
Indian students in American universities 'scared to travel alone', stay 'situationally aware' after 2 deaths in a week In a letter to Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, Sadanandam appealed for assistance in locating his missing son. Kishan 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. Earlier 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. In March, Amarnath Ghosh, a 34-year-old classical dancer from India, was shot and killed in St. Louis, Missouri.
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