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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China confirms its support to Pakistan during four-day conflict with India
Beijing (PTI): China, for the first time, has confirmed that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during the four-day conflict with India last year, official media reports here said.
China's state broadcaster CCTV on Thursday aired an interview with Zhang Heng, an engineer from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China's (AVIC) Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute, a key developer of China’s advanced fighter aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle design.
Zhang had provided technical support to Pakistan during the four-day war last May, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported, quoting CCTV.
Pakistan's air force operates a fleet of Chinese-made J-10CE jets, produced by an AVIC subsidiary.
"At the support base, we frequently heard the roar of fighter jets taking off and the constant wail of air-raid sirens. By late morning, in May, the temperature was already approaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). It was a real ordeal for us, both mentally and physically,” Zhang said.
What drove his team was the "desire to do an even better job with on site support” and to ensure their equipment could “truly perform at its full combat potential”, Zhang told CCTV.
“That wasn’t just a recognition of the J10CE; it was also a testament to the deep bond we formed through working side by side, day in and day out,” he said.
