UK: Indian student who went missing last month, found dead in river Thames, family launches fundraiser

In an unfortunate incident, an Indian student who arrived in the United Kingdom for higher studies in September has been found dead in the river Thames near London. The 23-year-old student, identified as Mitkumar Patel, was reported missing on November 17.
Patel’s body was discovered in the river Thames near the Canary Wharf area of east London on November 21 by the Metropolitan Police.Later on, he was declared dead by paramedics.
“The death is not believed to be suspicious,” the Met Police said.
Following the incident, a relative of Patel launched an online fundraiser. As per reports, Parth Patel (relative) launched a Go Fund Me fundraiser and raised over GBP 4,500 since last week.
“Mitkumar Patel was a 23-year (old) boy who came to the UK for higher studies on 19th September 2023,” reads the fundraising appeal.
“He belonged to a farmer family and used to live in a village as well. He was missing from November 17, 2023. Now on November 21, police found his dead body from Canary Wharf in the water. It was sad for all of us. So, we decided to do fund raising for helping out his family and to send his body to India as well,” it adds.
The appeal further asserted that the collected funds would be safely transmitted to the student’s family in India.
The ‘Evening Standard’ newspaper mentioned that the Indian student was due to start a degree at Sheffield Hallam University and a part-time job at Amazon. He was about to move to Sheffield on November 20.
Before moving to Sheffield, Patel was staying in London. His relatives grew worried after he failed to return from a daily walk to the home. They later reported him missing. Following this, his relatives found that Patel had left his set of keys behind.