Delhi engineer’s body traced near Duke’s Point in Lonavla
PUNE: The four days of frantic search for the missing Delhibased engineer Farhan Shah (24) ended on Tuesday after the rescue team recovered the trekker’s body from a 350-foot gorge near Duke’s Point in Lonavla during the morning hours.
The body was traced by rescuers from INS Shivaji team who had joined the local police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Shivdurg Prathistan teams, in finding the engineer who had lost his way.
Abhinav Deshmukh, superintendent of police, Pune rural, said, “The body of the missing youth was located deep in the gorge. Since it’s a steep area, the youth may have slipped and fell in a state of panic.” By afterrecovered noon, police and NDRF teams retrieved the body from the gorge.
Police officials and other rescuers said that the location from where Shah’s body was is not known for frequent mishaps.
“Since he was on a solo trip it became difficult for him to reconnect with the outside world. Otherwise, the area where he went missing is not prone to accidents or trekkers going missing or meeting with accidents,” said Deshmukh.
Shah, a mechanical engineer from Delhi who was on a tourist visit at Duke’s Nose Point (Nagphani) at Lonavla near Pune went missing in the forest on Friday afternoon. Expert rescuers from Lonavla, Kurwane and Khopoli villages had joined the police-led search operations.
The missing youngster had come to Kolhapur for some official work. He works in a Delhibased robotics firm. Shah went to Duke’s Point at Lonavla to tour the area.