External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted today that the Indian Consulate here "has spoken to the father of the deceased in Massachusetts. He says this is a personal family tragedy".
More details were not immediately known.
Sources here said the cause of the death was still unknown and the medical examiner's office was investigating the incident which took place in Jersey city.
Consulate officials have reached out to the deceased's family in Massachusetts and sources said the family has requested privacy, saying "it is a personal family matter".