A 25-year-old student from Telangana, Hruthik Reddy, died in Germany on New Year's Day after jumping from his apartment to escape a fire. He sustained fatal head injuries from the fall. Reddy, who was pursuing a master's degree, had planned to return to India for the Sankranti festival. German authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, and his family is seeking assistance from Indian officials to repatriate his body for final rites.