Tributes have been paid to a Scots university student who tragically died at a reservoir earlier this week . ‌

Ayan Ayyub Khan, 23, had moved to Scotland from Maharashtra, India, in January to study Robotics engineering at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh . ‌

His family have since confirmed that he died at Harlaw Reservoir near Balerno , just outside of the capital, on Tuesday, August 26. ‌

A major search operation was launched after police received reports of concern for a man in the water at around 4.55pm on Monday.

Emergency services, including divers, two water rescue teams, 20 firefighters and a coastguard rescue helicopter , scoured the area, but were unable to locate him overnight.

Searches resumed the next morning, and his body was pulled from the water at

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