Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

IIM student missing for a month in HP, parents seek help

- Saurabh Chauhan letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

SUBHADIP DAS (26), AN IIM LUCKNOW STUDENT, CHECKED INTO KINNAUR HOTEL ON JULY 19 AND CHECKED OUT 2 DAYS LATER; HIS MOBILE IS SWITCHED OFF SINCE

SHIMLA: A couple from West Bengal is franticall­y searching for their 26-year-old son Subhadip Das, an IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Luck now student, who has been missing after he was last located in Kinnaur last month.

His parents have been camping in the state meeting one official after another. Subhadip, a first semester student of MBA, checked in a Kinnaur hotel on July 19 and checked two days later. After having no contact with Sub ha dip, his parents Uttar Kumar Das (58), a banker, and mother Sabita (48) reached Lucknow on July 26. The family lives in Kolkata. After coming to know that his phone was last located in Kinna ur’ s K al pa, the couple reached Himachal on August 1 and enquired about him at the Kinnaur hotel. So far, they have met police officials in Kinnaur, La haul and Spit i and Ku l lu .“We have visited Sarchu area, Man ali, Nako and other places,” said Sabita.

“We checked the (hotel) register. He alone checked in on July 19. His phone is switched off since he checked out two days later,” said Uttam Das.

“We met chief minister Virbhadra Singh today and urged him to order a probe by the C ID or the cyber cell so that his phone location and other details could be looked into,” a teary-eyed Sabita said.

Uttam Das said ,“We will meet the DGP and request for probe.”

The Luck now police have registered an FIRin this connection. “We sent an investigat­ion officer but no clue about him ,” Raghv an Kumar, in-charge Mandiyaon (Lucknow) police station said over phone. The Luck now police probe suggests that Sub ha dip has not withdrawn any money from his account. Subhadip joined Indian Institute of Management after quitting a job with an engineerin­g firm in Kolkata.

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? Parents of Subhadip Das in Shimla on Sunday.
HT PHOTO Parents of Subhadip Das in Shimla on Sunday.

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