The department of Public Safety and University staff at the Brown University had ever since, been in active collaboration with the Providence Police Department in order to investigate into the matter. The search had also included other areas like Philadelphia, New York, Connecticut and Boston.

“Our concerns are first and foremost with Sunil and his family,” said Margaret Klawunn, vice president for student life and campus services. “We are hopeful that by encouraging the Brown community to help spread the word that Sunil will be located.”, as reported by brownedu.com.

The recent explosives near Brown University got him connected with the act of bombing because of a resemblance found in the photographs. What followed were harassing emails, calls and facebook posts sent to the family. Apologies were later made to the family for “online witch hunts and dangerous speculation which spiraled into very negative consequences for innocent parties.”, as reported by washintontimes.com.

“I’d like to extend the deepest apologies to the family of Sunil Tripathi for any part we may have had in relaying what has turned out to be faulty information. We cannot begin to know what you’re going through and for that we are truly sorry.”, was what it said, as reported by the hindu.

“Out of respect for Tripathi and his family, I ask that users here please remove any and all links about him.", was what a moderator on one of the Reddit pages had written, as reported by the heraldsun.com.