Two Indian students were on Wednesday night, found drowned in the water at a popular Scottish tourist spot, while they were out there hiking. Both of them were in their 20s and were studying at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Their bodies were recovered by emergency services, carried out at the Linn of Tummel, which is located in northwest of Pitlochry in Scotland, where the rivers Tummel and Garry meet.
The victims, identified as Jitendranath Karuturi and Chanhakya Bolisetti, were pursuing Master’s degrees at Dundee University and had gone for hiking with two other friends.
Their bodies were recovered near Blair of Atholl in Perthshire, where two rivers meet.
Local authorities in Scotland ruled out any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fatalities of the two Indian students.
After the incident, the Indian High Commission in London also confirmed that the bodies of the students were recovered.
“Two Indian students hailing from Andhra Pradesh drowned in an unfortunate incident on Wednesday evening and their bodies were found a little downstream. The Consulate General of India has been in touch with the families of both the students and a consular official has met the relative of one the students who lives in the UK. The University of Dundee has assured of all help,” a high commission spokesperson was quoted as saying inj media reports.
The post mortem is scheduled to likely take place on April 19, following which the process for repatriating the bodies to India will be carried out.
Consular representatives have contacted the families of the deceased, and the Dundee University has pledged assistance.
“However, there would not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding these deaths. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal (public prosecutor with the powers to impose fines, in Scotland), the spokesperson said deeming the death as non-suspicious.
