A B.Tech first year student of Amity University has been missing from Noida under mysterious circumstances for last three days. Police said that victim’s mobile phone has been switched off and they haven’t got any leads yet.
Police said that the victim, Harshvardhan Bhadawari (21), a resident of Bhind, Madhya Pradesh is pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science from Noida’s Amity University and lived as a paying guest in Sector-137, Noida.
A missing complaint has been registered in Noida expressway police station. Noida police have launched a man hunt to locate him. Victim’s parents, however, suspect kidnapping.
Police said victim’s father Praveen Kumar who works as contractor for Government agencies in MP told police that his son had last contacted him on 14 March. He had informed that he will come back home next day which he did not. When they tried to contact him, both of his mobile phones were found switched off.
On Thursday, victim’s parents reached Noida to search for him. His friends at the guest house informed them that he had left his room on 16 March and was carrying his laptop.
Noida Superintendent of Police Dinesh Yadav said that during the investigation, he was spotted in the CCTV cameras of an ATM booth at Botanical garden metro station while withdrawing cash from ATM on 15 March. “Harsh had failed to clear the semester exams for two semesters in the first year of his B.Tech. He had taken admission in the same class again but had not deposited semester fee and had even stopped attending classes from December. Missing complaint has been filed and police are investigating the case,” SP city said.