A 20-year-old Indian student was found murdered in his car in a forest in Boston. Paruchuri Abhijit, who hailed from Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, was studying engineering at Boston University.
According to the Times of India newspaper, unidentified assailants attacked Abhijit on the campus and dumped his body in a forest.
The cops were called in after Abhijit's friends complained about his disappearance. The police then tracked down the deceased by tracing his phone signals.
According to reports, the authorities are probing the matter and the search for the accused is underway.
The reasons for the murder are yet to be ascertained as some reports claimed that he was killed for money and a laptop.
However, there are suspicions regarding the circumstance of his murder since he was attacked on the campus, hinting at the possibility of a clash with fellow students.
Meanwhile, Abhijit's body has been moved to Guntur.
There has been a spate of Indian student deaths in the United States in recent times.
In 2024, eight students of Indian and Indian American origin have died. Sameer Kamath, a 23-year-old Indian-American student at Purdue University, was found dead in Indiana in early February. Before that, Syed Mazahir Ali, another Indian student, was assaulted by robbers in
Chicago.
Vivek Saini, a 25-year-old Indian student, faced a fatal attack by a homeless drug addict in Georgia State's Lithonia city. This tragic list also includes Shreyas Reddy Beniger, Neel Acharya, and Akul B Dhawan, who all lost their lives under various circumstances, triggering concerns about the safety and security of Indian students in the United States.
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