New Delhi:

Akul Dhawan, a pupil on the College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign within the US, was discovered lifeless final month. The 18-year-old died on January 20 reportedly after freezing to demise close to a membership in Illinois’s Urbana that refused him entry.

Akul Dhawan died of hypothermia following “acute alcohol intoxication and extended publicity to freezing temperatures, which considerably contributed to his demise”, the Champaign County Coroner’s Workplace in Illinois stated.

The College of Illinois Police stated that data collected to date helps the preliminary perception that his demise was unintended, and “no foul play” occurred.

Authorities have now assembled a timeline of the preliminary police response to the decision of a buddy who had misplaced contact with Mr Dhawan.

Video Confirmed Akul Dhawan Consuming Alcohol

Based on the preliminary findings within the investigation, police stated that Akul Dhawan met his pals on the Busey-Evans Residence Corridor on the College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign round 9 pm on January 19 and consumed alcohol there.

At roughly 10 pm, he and his pals attended an occasion on the Cover Membership, S Goodwin Ave in Urbana.

Round 10:45 pm, he traveled with pals to Inexperienced Avenue and safety video obtained later confirmed him consuming extra alcohol earlier than the group returned to Cover Membership, the police stated.

Akul Dhawan Was Denied Entry By Membership

Whereas Akul Dhawan’s pals re-entered Cover Membership between 11:25 pm and 11:29 pm, he remained exterior. Police stated that he was denied entry by venue workers when he tried to enter at 11:31 pm and continued to aim to achieve entry to the venue “a number of occasions”, however was repeatedly denied by workers.

Round midnight, two completely different rideshare automobiles have been known as to choose up Mr Dhawan exterior Cover Membership, however he declined each rides regardless of makes an attempt by venue workers and a passerby to persuade him in any other case, the police added.

“Subsequent cellphone calls and textual content messages despatched by pals to Mr Dhawan’s cellphone weren’t answered,” the police stated, including that the details about his presence at Cover Membership was not communicated to them when the buddy, who had been with him at Cover Membership, known as them later within the night time.

At round 11:08 am on January 29, a college worker exiting Bevier Corridor noticed Mr Dhawan laying on concrete steps behind 1203 W Nevada Avenue in Urbana and known as the emergency phone quantity 911.

Akul Dhawan’s Dad and mom Accuse Cops Of Negligence

Akul Dhawan’s mother and father have filed a criticism towards the varsity’s police division for negligence.

Ish Dhawan and Ritu Dhawan stated that their son was discovered simply 400 ft from the place he was reported lacking primarily based on location-tracking knowledge on their son’s cellphone.

“That is weird, {that a} child isn’t discovered who was simply lower than a block, like one minute away, sitting there, lifeless, frozen to demise,” Ish Dhawan advised The Information-Gazette newspaper.