As the Indian diaspora grapples with a string of disturbing incidents involving students in the US, a 26-year-old Indian student has reportedly gone missing in Chicago, according to the India’s mission in the US city.

The student has been missing since May 2. Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi went missing from the 4300 block of N. Sheridan Rd, the Chicago Police said in a statement, PTI reported.

The Consulate General of India in Chicago said it was in touch with the police and Indian diaspora to locate/reestablish contact with Rupesh.

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“The Consulate is deeply concerned learning that Indian student Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi has been incommunicado since 2nd May. The consulate is in touch with the police and the Indian diaspora hoping to locate/reestablish contact with Rupesh. @IndianEmbassyUS @MEAIndia,” the Consulate posted on X.

Later on May 6, the Chicago police in a statement asked people to provide information to the police if they locate Rupesh.

The student’s father, Sadanandamm, said that the family had informed both the police and the US Embassy. He has also reprtedly written a letter to G Kishan Reddy, the Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of the North Eastern Region of India and asked for help in locating his son, according to a TOI report.

Several incidents in past months

The incident is the latest in a string of troubling cases on the safety and security of Indian students in the US.

Earlier in April, an Indian student who has been missing since March this year was found dead in the US state of Ohio, the Consulate General of India in New York said.

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Prior to that, in March, a 34-year-old trained classical dancer from India, Amarnath Ghosh, was shot dead in St Louis, Missouri, PTI reported.

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

There have also been incidents of Indian students being targetted in other countries, including Australia and the UK. Last week, reports of two people fatally stabbing a 22-year-old MTech student in Australia surfaced. Two brothers, from Karnal in Haryana, were later arrested by Australia police in connection to the murder.

(With inputs from PTI)