On November 13, while celebrating his birthday in Atlanta, 23-year-old Indian student Aryan Reddy lost his life in a tragic accident.
While cleaning a newly purchased hunting rifle, Reddy, a master's student at Kansas State University, unintentionally fired it, according to NDTV. As per the police, his friends hurried to the room after hearing the gunshot and discovered him lying in a pool of blood.
Reddy, a native of Telangana's Sairam Nagar, had just received a hunting licence in the United States.
According to NDTV, Aryan’s friends brought him to a local hospital right away, where he was pronounced dead.
Reddy's family now lives in the Uppal district of Telangana, but they were originally from the Bhuvanagiri district.
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For the first time in fifteen years, Indian students have surpassed Chinese students as the largest group of foreign students in the United States.
There are currently 331,602 Indian foreign students in the United States, up 23 per cent from the previous academic year, while there are 277,398 Chinese international students, down 4.2 per cent, according to new data issued by the State Department in conjunction with the Institute of International Education, reports NBC News.
