Gaya student in China’s B-school found dead

GAYA: Nagsen Aman, 20, from Gaya was found dead in China on July 29. He was a student of international business studies at Tianjin University and had gone there in September 2019.
Aman’s uncle Ramkishore Paswan met Gaya DM Abhishek Singh on Monday with a request to initiate steps to bring back his body. “Till July 23, Aman talked to the family members and friends over phone. He was in good health and did not have any physical or mental problem. But his phone had been unreachable since July 24. We contacted local guardians on July 26 to enquire about him. I received a call at 1:28am on July 30 from an unknown number that Aman was no more. After that we tried to contact the university, but in vain. So far, we have also not received any communication from Indian embassy regarding Aman’s death,” Ramkishore said.
Aman was the only son in the family. His father Uday Paswan and uncles Ramkishore and Pankaj Paswan live in a joint family. Aman’s sister is a medical student at New Delhi. Ramkishore said: “The family will accept the government’s report regarding Aman’s death. But the government should ensure that in case of death of any student studying abroad, the body should be brought back home so that the family could perform the last rites.”
According to a PTI report from Beijing, the cause of his death is under investigation, officials said. He was one of the few Indian students who remained in China through the coronavirus pandemic while most of the 23,000 Indian students, who left for home and were stuck in India and unable to return due to Beijing’s reluctance to lift visa restrictions. The Indian embassy officials said preparations were being made to send his body home. Currently, no flights are operational between India and China, the report said.
Earlier on Friday, Bihar BJP president Dr Sanjay Jaiswal had tweeted about the incident and urged minister of state of external affairs Meenakshi Lekhi to intervene into the matter.