BENGALURU, Feb. 16 -- A 22-year-old Indian graduate student who was missing for the past six days in the United States has been found dead, officials confirmed.

The Indian Consulate in San Francisco confirmed the death and said it was coordinating with authorities and the family to repatriate his remains to India. "The Consulate deeply regrets to inform that local police have confirmed the recovery of the body of the missing Indian student, Saketh Sreenivasaiah," it said in a statement, adding that it would provide all necessary assistance.

Sreenivasaiah, hailing from Karnataka, was pursuing a master's degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley . He disappeared on February 9 after he was la...