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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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
