23-year-old from Siddipet found dead under suspicious circumstances in US lake

The deceased, Tushalapuram Sai Rohit (23), a resident of Kutigal in Dhoolimitta, was pursuing MS at the University of Missouri

Siddipet: In a tragic incident, a student from Siddipet, who was pursuing an MS course in the US, was found dead in a lake at Sammamish.

Tushalapuram Sai Rohit (23), a resident of Kutigal in Dhoolimitta was the eldest son of Mangavva and Mahadev. According to his friends and family members, Rohit, who completed engineering from CVR College in 2022, left for the US in December 2023, to pursue an MS course at the University of Missouri in Seattle. Rohit was residing in a hostel room with four of his friends, also from India, on the university premises.

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He went for an outing on July 22. On his way back to the hostel room in a cab, he boarded another cab mid-way to his destination but went missing. When he could not be reached even over phone, his friend Avinash lodged a complaint with the local police.

His body was found in the lake on July 24. The family members were informed about his death on July 25. The body was brought to Kutigal on Tuesday, 15 days after his death, following the efforts of his friends, the Telugu Association of North America (TANA) and others. A huge number of relatives and family members participated in the funeral. Jangaon MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, who visited Rohit’s residence, consoled the family members and assured to support the family.