Bengaluru: Missing Udupi boy traced after 13 years, found working as interior designer
Udupi: A 29-year-old man who went missing as a teenager 13 years ago from Udupi district has been traced in Bengaluru, where he is now working as an interior designer.
Ananthakrishna Prabhu was just 16 years old and a first-year Pre-University student at Vidyavardhaka PU College in Mundkur when he went missing on December 6, 2012. He had left home saying he was going to the temple but never returned. A missing person case was registered at the Karkala Rural Police Station based on a complaint by his father, Prabhakar Prabhu, as reported by The Hindu.
According to Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar, Ananthakrishna reportedly left home after making a mistake in his school exams and was afraid to tell his family. After leaving home, he worked for two years at a factory in Sakleshpur, where his employer supported his further education. He later moved to Bengaluru, where he now works as an interior designer.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed by the Udupi police to reopen the 13-year-old case as part of a broader effort to trace children missing in the last 15 years. Investigators used an old photograph of Ananthakrishna that matched the one on his Aadhaar card. With help from informants, they learned that someone had sheltered him in Bengaluru. Following that lead, they eventually tracked down his exact address.
His family, overwhelmed with emotion upon learning he was alive and well, said: "On the day he went missing, we searched for him in many places and kept praying all these years."
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Human skeletal remains found in Bengaluru outskirts
Bengaluru (PTI): Human skeletal remains, including a skull, suspected to be that of a woman were discovered in and around a lake on outskirts of the city, police said on Saturday.
The matter came to light after shepherds spotted the remains near the lake at Mugalur near Sarjapur while grazing cattle in the area and alerted the police, they said.
During the inspection, investigators found bones scattered across the dried lake bed and nearby areas, a senior police officer said, adding there was suspicion that the remains must be at least three months old.
Police suspect the victim may have drowned in the lake earlier, with the skeletal remains surfacing after water levels receded significantly during the summer.
Officials also suspect stray dogs could have dragged some of the remains to surrounding areas after the lake dried up further.
With pieces of a saree recovered from the spot, police suspect that it could have been of a woman.
Forensic experts and the Scene of Crime Officer team visited the spot and collected the skeletal remains and other evidence for examination.
A case has been registered and the remains, along with other evidence, have been sent for forensic analysis, the police officer said.
The identity of the deceased and the exact cause of death are yet to be established, he added.
