23-year-old Indian student disappears in the United States

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A 23-year-old Indian student has been missing in the US state of California since last week and police have asked for the public's help in finding her, the latest case in the country as the community grapples with a series of such incidents involving students.

Nitheesha Kandula, a student at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), went missing on May 28, according to police.

She was last seen in Los Angeles and was reported missing on May 30, CSUSB Police Chief John Guttierez said in a post on X on Sunday.

“#MissingPersonAlert: California State University, San Bernardino Police and our partners at #LAPD, are asking anyone with information on the whereabouts of @CSUSBNews Nitheesha Kandula to contact us at: (909 ) 537-5165,” police said.

Kandhula was described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing approximately 160 pounds (72.5 kg), with black hair and black eyes, police said in a written statement.

She may have been driving a 2021 Toyota Corolla with a California license plate of unknown color, according to the release.

Urging people with information on his whereabouts to contact authorities, police said: “Anyone with information is asked to contact the CSUSB Police Department at (909) 538-7777, or the Southwest Division of LAPD at (213) 485-2582. » Last month, Rupesh Chandra Chintakind, 26, an Indian student, was reported missing in Chicago.

In early April, a 25-year-old Indian student missing since March was found dead in the American city of Cleveland. Mohammad Abdul Arfath, a native of Nacharam, Hyderabad, arrived in the United States in May last year to pursue a master's degree in computer science at Cleveland University.

In March, Amarnath Ghosh, a 34-year-old trained Indian classical dancer, was shot and killed in St Louis, Missouri.

Sameer Kamath, a 23-year-old Indian-American student at Purdue University, was found dead in an Indiana nature preserve on February 5.

On February 2, Vivek Taneja, a 41-year-old IT manager of Indian origin, was seriously injured in an attack outside a restaurant in Washington.

In January, Akul Dhawan, 18, a student at the University of Illinois, was found unresponsive outside a campus building. The investigation revealed that he died from hypothermia, with authorities ruling that acute alcohol intoxication and prolonged exposure to extremely cold temperatures contributed significantly to his death.

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