Hyderabad student missing in Finland for over two months found dead
The body of an 18-year-old Indian student, Manideep Reddy, was recovered from the sea in Helsinki two months after he went missing. His family and legal counsel have expressed concerns regarding the investigation, alleging that Finnish authorities may be suppressing information and failing to properly probe the circumstances of his death.
Why it matters
The case highlights international diplomatic tensions and concerns regarding the transparency of foreign investigations into the deaths of international students.
The body of an 18-year-old student from Hyderabad who went missing in Finland in May this year was recovered from the sea in Helsinki, as per information given to the family members in Hyderabad by the Indian Embassy in Finland.
The Indian Embassy in Finland, in an email to the family on Friday (July 10, 2026), informed that the authorities in Finland intimated them that the body of Manideep Reddy was found in the sea in Helsinki, the family's lawyer KLB Kumar said on Saturday (July 11).
Manideep Reddy was pursuing a Bachelor's Programme in Software and Systems Engineering at Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT University), Lahti Campus, Finland. He was residing at Ritaniemenkatu, Lahti.
Kumar said Manideep Reddy was last seen at a mall in Helsinki on May 5. He said the family and he, as its counsel, feel that it is a suspicious death.
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