Body of Missing Indian Student Found Near UC Berkeley

A 22-year-old Indian student from Karnataka, pursuing a master's degree at the University of California, Berkeley, was found dead in California six days after going missing near the university campus, local authorities and the Indian Consulate in San Francisco confirmed on Sunday.

Saketh Sreenivasaiah, originally from Bengaluru, had last been seen on February 9 in the vicinity of Tilden Regional Park, about a kilometer from the Berkeley campus. He was enrolled in the chemical and biomolecular engineering program, having arrived in the United States in September 2025 after completing his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Authorities described him as 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing around 160 pounds, with short black hair and brown eyes.

The discovery ended a frantic search that involved local police, university officials, and community members. During the operation, which focused on areas around Lake Anza and the Berkeley Hills, searchers located Sreenivasaiah's backpack containing his passport and laptop on a doorstep in the nearby Park Hills neighborhood. Online efforts also emerged, including a Reddit thread where community members coordinated...