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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Warder arrested for trying to smuggle narcotics inside Bengaluru Central Prison
Bengaluru (PTI): A warder of the Bengaluru Central Prison has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle cigarettes and a narcotic substance into the jail by concealing them in his undergarments.
Rahul Patil, posted as a warder at the high-security facility, was detained on Friday evening at the main entrance after Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KSISF) personnel grew suspicious during frisking when the door-frame metal detector began beeping repeatedly.
A subsequent physical check led to the recovery of two cigarette packets and a narcotic substance, officials said.
Prison Superintendent Paramesh filed a complaint with the police and placed Patil under suspension immediately. The Parappana Agrahara police have registered a case.
