We: Family members of two Indian students who drowned in a lake in the US last week await the return of the mortal remains of their loved ones. The mortal remains of the students, Uttej and Shiva, are expected to reach their homes on Friday. Twenty-four-year-old Uttej Kunta’s father is a government employee near Warangal, while his mother is a homemaker. Both were deeply shocked by the painful death of their son.
Uttej Kunta completed BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) in Hyderabad and was pursuing MS in Health Informatics in the US. The relative said that his course had started only a few months ago. Kunta and Siva Keligeri were close friends in Hyderabad as well. The process of bringing back the bodies has started and the bodies are expected to reach Hyderabad on Friday.
He said that according to a relative of Uttej Kunta, the family had approached some politicians and others for help. Two Indian students from Telangana drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks in the US state of Missouri during the Thanksgiving weekend, according to police.
(With inputs from PTI)
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