Telangana state chief Revanth Reddy said on Wednesday that his government would set up a help desk for youths in the USA and other countries to ensure their safety and requirements.
"Very disconcerted to learn of the attack on Syed Mazhar Ali, a student from Hyderabad, by four robbers in Chicago. This follows a fatal attack on B. Shreyas Reddy, who was killed in Ohio. I request Hon'ble External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar to kindly convey our concerns over the safety of our students and citizens living there," he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Ali was attacked on February 5 and his video seeking help went viral on Tuesday.
In a separate incident, 23-year-old Sameer Kamath, an Indian-American Purdue University student, was found dead in the woods at the Niches Land Trust on Monday evening.
Another Indian-origin student, Neel Acharya, studying at Purdue University, was found dead on campus ground.
Last week, 19-year-old Shreyas Reddy was found dead in Ohio, while on January 20, 18-year-old Indian origined Akul Dhawan was killed outside the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Vivek Saini, another student in Georgia's Lithonia, died on January 16 after a homeless man attacked him.
Meanwhile, a day before, two Indian students – G Dinesh (22) from Wanaparthy in Telangana and Nikesh (21) from Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh – were found dead under suspicious conditions in Connecticut.