A student who moved to the UK from India and later settled in Manchester was tragically found dead on a beach in Blackpool, an inquest has heard.
Sairam Guntupalli arrived in the UK in December 2020 on a student visa to take up a place on an advanced computer science course at Hertfordshire University.
Police were unsuccessful in trying to find him when his visa was cancelled in February 2022, after being expelled from his course over unpaid fees.
At some point he moved to Manchester, where he worked and lived in a shop, and kept in contact with his family back in India, LancsLive reports. READ MORE ''We are not society's punchbags": Teenage yobs who took part in 'utterly deplorable' disorder attacked police officers An inquest hearing heard that on June 2 this year, Sairam made his way to Manchester Piccadilly station where he bought a single ticket to Blackpool, having told his family he planned to visit the beach at the seaside resort.
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