A tragic incident has arisen as another Indian student dies in the USA. The death toll of Indians is rising day by day in foreign countries, as an Indian-origin student named Akul Dhawan of Illinois University was found dead in January 2024.
After a month of investigation, on February 20, 2024, it was finally stated by Champaign County Coroner Stephen Thuney in an official statement that Akul Dhawan’s death was accidental. The Indian-origin student Akul was 18 years old, and his untimely demise has saddened everyone.
Akul Dhawan cause of death
On 20 January 2024, an 18-year-old Indian-origin student, Akul Dhawan of Illinois University died on West Nevada Street after freezing to death when a club refused to enter him during a night out with his friends. According to various reports, on 19 January 2024, Varun left the bar at midnight when he repeatedly refused to enter the club.
It was reported that Akul did not go home from the club and did not answer the calls and messages made by his friends around 1:30 at night he was reported missing. As per the campus Police department, Dhwan’s dead body was found 10 hours later. Later on 23 January 2024, after the autopsy reports it was stated that Akul Dhawan died due to hypothermia.
The report further states acute alcohol intoxication and prolonged exposure to extremely cold temperatures significantly contributed to Akul’s death. According to weather reports, the temperature dropped to -2.7 degrees on that night.
About Akul Dhawan & his family
Akul Dhawan was 18 years old and was admitted to the Illinois University in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to study robotics. Akul’s parents, Ish Dhawan and Ritu Dhawan used to live in the San Franciso Bay area in California and wanted their son to study closer to home in California.
After Akul Dhawan’s death, his parents filed a complaint against the police of Illinois University and questioned them about their search. Akul’s parents believed that the University Police did not search properly as their son was nearly 200 meters away. Akul’s parents even wrote an open letter where they stated why Akul was found 10 hours later.
They further stated that if Varun had been found immediately after he went missing then he could have been saved. Also, Akul’s parents said that he was a very smart kid and had his whole life ahead of him.
Indian Students Death Cases in the USA
Since a few months ago, the death cases in the USA have severely increased as of January 2024 number of Indians have lost their lives due to multiple reasons. Recently, the death case of an Indian student, Jaahnavi Kandula came to light as the accused of Jaahnavi’s accident was freed from all criminal charges.
Not only this, a few days ago, an Indian student named, Vivek Saini was killed by a man who attacked Sainiw with a hammer. In the same month of January 2024, the death of another Indian took place in the USA, student Neel Acharya who was found dead at the college campus, and the reason behind his death was unknown.
Recently, in February 2024, an Indian-American family was also found dead in California, and the four members including two kids were found dead at their home. In January 2024, an Indian student, Sameer Karnath was found dead. However, there are more cases of Indians who died in the USA.