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News Topical, Digital Desk : Two Indian students studying at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK tragically drowned in separate incidents. One of the deceased students was from Mumbai, while the other was from Andhra Pradesh.
Mahesh Ramesh Khandagle, a 23-year-old MSc in Finance and Investment Banking student from Mumbai, died after drowning while on a hiking trip with friends in Wales on the morning of March 31. Friends of Ramesh Khandagle said the student, who lived in Queensbury, was using his new GoPro camera near the Four Waterfalls Walk in the Brecon Beacons.
Man drowned during video call with mother
Rohit Mahadevu, representative of the Indian National Students' Association (INSA) UK at the university, said, "He was on a video call with his mother, who had warned him not to go into the water. But he went into the water to see how deep it was. That's when he was swept away by the strong current.
It's a remote area, so it took time to call emergency services. His body was found around 5-6 p.m. " INSA has launched a fundraiser on JustGiving to help bring his body back to India. The deceased's mother has applied for a visa to come to the UK to collect her son's body.
Andhra Pradesh student also died
The second deceased, 24-year-old Leela Sai Reddy Mallireddy, a native of Andhra Pradesh and also a student at the University of Hertfordshire, was reported missing at 3 p.m. on April 3. Fire and ambulance crews were called to Embankment, Bedford, at 10 p.m. He was rescued alive from the River Ouse and taken to Bedford Hospital.
He was treated on a ventilator, but later passed away. His organs are being donated, and his father is preparing for his funeral.
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