Just weeks after his graduation, Indian student Anurag Reddy Koduru lost his life by drowning in the Toledo Bend Reservoir, located between Texas and Louisiana. Reddy was an excellent swimmer and jumped into the water when he saw his three friends drowning. He saved all three of them, but his foot got entangled in the fishing line. The current pulled him into the stream and he was found lifeless at a depth of 20 feet. This incident happened on 29 May. His brother Ashtrith Reddy Koduru had set up a fundraiser to seek help to transport Reddy’s body to India and for his last rites.“We are completely devastated, and our immediate priority is to take his body back from the United States to our parents and family in India. The costs of international repatriation, legal documentation and transportation are incredibly high,” the family said.Reddy was a student at the University of North Texas and had graduated a few weeks earlier.The local sheriff’s office released a statement on the death without identifying him. “Sheriff Aaron Mitchell tragically reports that a 22-year-old Denton, Texas man drowned this afternoon, Friday, May 29, 2026. Initial reports indicate the man was swimming with friends at the spillway near the Toledo Bend Dam when he went under. Agencies involved include South Sabine Fire District, LA (Louisiana) Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, North Sabine Fire District, Sabine River Authority, Acadian Ambulance, Life Air Rescue and Sabine Parish Sheriff Dive Team. “Sheriff Mitchell and the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office offer our condolences to the man’s family and friends,” the statement said.