Under suspicious circumstances, a student from Telangana and another from Andhra Pradesh passed away in Connecticut, just 16 days after arriving in the US for higher studies.
Connecticut police notified the parents of Gattu Dinesh (22) and Nikesh, both in their early twenties that the roommates had "died in their sleep." Hailing from Wanaparthy in Telangana and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, respectively, the exact cause of their deaths remains undisclosed. In the absence of official information, Gattu Venkanna, Dinesh's father, suspects "carbon monoxide poisoning."
"When local friends visited their place and tried to wake up the duo, they could not. They then informed the police and called an ambulance. The two were rushed to hospital, where they were declared dead. The cause is still unknown," Dinesh's uncle Sainath told media.
Venkanna, Dinesh's father, works as a realtor, while information about Nikesh's family remains unclear. Dinesh, had a B Tech degree in computer science from a private university in Chennai last year, secured admission to Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. He had completed his schooling in Alampur of Mahboobnagar district in undivided AP and intermediate from Hyderabad.
According to Sainath, the family is shattered after learning about the death of Dinesh weeks after they had seen him off at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on his way to the US.