Mangaluru: A Tenka Yedapadavu resident who had gone missing in Tirupati while travelling in train five days ago, located in Chennai. The missing person was Subraya Karant (78), a resident of Shibrikere in Chennai.

He, along with his wife, had left for Srikakulam from Mangaluru Railway Station by Vivek express on July 14. But on July 15 afternoon Karant went missing from the train. The family members had given a complaint to railway police in this regard. A News regarding his missing was also published in www.english.varthabharati.in website.

Meanwhile, a social servant from Chennai Venkatesh made a phone call to the CH Medical’s owner CH Gafoor of Moodbidri on Thursday afternoon and said “a person from your place is found here. A medical slip from your shop has been recovered from him. I am calling based on that number, he said.

Gafoor took his photo through WhatsApp and circulated it among various WhatsApp groups. He got the information from someone that the photo of the Karant that was published in Varthabharati website, is getting matched with that photo.

Following this, Gafoor contacted the Subraya's son as per the news of the 'Varthabharathi' website. Later he informed Karanth’s son about he being found in Chennai. With this, Subraya Karanth and his family members, who were worried for the past few days, have breathed a sigh of relief.

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Erode (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Police declined permission to hold TVK chief Vijay's public meeting in Erode on December 16, after former minister K A Sengottaiyan, who recently joined the party, submitted a petition on Sunday, sources in the department said.

Erode is the home turf of Sengottaiyan, a nine-time MLA and former minister, who joined the actor-politician's party after being expelled from AIADMK. The meeting would have been an opportunity for him to prove his strength in organising a meeting of this scale.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, "The TVK chief will visit Erode on December 16 and address a public meeting in a private land near a marriage hall".

The former minister also submitted a petition to the District Collector S Kandasamy seeking permission for the meeting. Later, he submitted a copy of the petition to the officials in the District Police Office.

Following this, A Sujatha, Superintendent of Police, inspected the seven-acre site in the Pavalathampalayam area on Erode-Perundurai Road where TVK wanted to hold the meeting.

Later, police officials told the media that TVK's petition stated that they expected a 70-thousand strong crowd. The site proposed by them is quite inadequate to accommodate that much crowd and their vehicles and hence permission was declined, they added.

The officials also said that the decision was communicated to Sengottaiyan, and he was asked to choose a different spot.