New Delhi:

Indian-origin scholar Akul Dhawan has died after freezing to demise close to a membership within the US that refused him entry.

The Champaign County Coroner’s Workplace in Illinois stated this week that Mr Dhawan, who was discovered lifeless final month, died of hypothermia following “acute alcohol intoxication and extended publicity to freezing temperatures, which considerably contributed to his demise.”

In line with experiences, Mr Dhawan on January 20 had gone out for drinks together with his pals to a membership close to the college campus in Urbana within the US state of Illinois. Nonetheless, the employees on the membership denied him entry.

He then went lacking and a number of other calls have been made to him that went unanswered, following which his pal contacted the campus police.

The following morning, an worker of the college notified authorities of “a person on the again porch of a constructing”. Police stated that he was “lifeless on the time he was discovered”.

The police stated that data collected to date helps the preliminary perception that Mr Dhawan’s demise was unintentional and that no “foul play” occurred.

Who Was Akul Dhawan?

Akul Dhawan was a freshman on the College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was finding out robotics on the Division of Electrical and Pc Engineering.

Akul Dhawan, who turned 18 in September final yr, earned his highschool diploma from the Junipero Serra Excessive College in California’s San Mateo.

He additionally studied Pc Science on the Faculty of San Mateo.

It was reportedly his first week again at school following the winter break.