Indian grad student missing in Blekinge
Published: 1 Feb 12 14:28 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/38856/20120201/
Police in Ronneby are looking into the disappearance of a 25-year-old Indian graduate student who was last seen leaving his apartment on Thursday night last week.
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"He told his roommates he was heading over to the university," Krishna Paruchuri, a friend of Donthi's, told The Local.
Although he said he was going to the school to study, Donthi didn't take his laptop with him.
Since then, no one has seen or heard from Donthi, and repeated attempts to reach him on his mobile phone have been unsuccessful.
At first, close friends thought that he was visiting acquaintances elsewhere, although these friends later confirmed this was not the case.
On Saturday, his friends reported Donthi's disappearance to the police and, nearly a week after he went missing, remain stumped and concerned as to where he might be.
"He didn't have any problems that anyone knew of. Things seemed to be going really well," Paruchuri said.
"If he wanted to leave the country, he would have taken his passport, but he left it at home.”
Donthi has been in Sweden for a year and a half and speaks limited Swedish, according to Paruchuri.
"His parents are very worried. They're planning to come to Sweden soon,” he said.
Police in Blekinge confirmed that they received a report about Donthi's disappearance and are looking into the matter.
Donthi was last seen wearing a grey hooded sweater, black jacket and blue jeans.
He has short hair, wears glasses, and has a slender physique.
Anyone with information relevant to the case is advised to call the Swedish police at 114 14.
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The Toronto guy (an excellent physicist and mathematician) was simply fed up and angry about an upcoming marriage that had been arranged for him, and so he vanished for several months to get away from the whole scene.
He later was discovered with relatives in the US, who had agreed to keep his presence quiet.
How do you know that? Where do you read that? You are really prejudice.
don't open your mouth if you cant talk sensibly.
Maybe they should try in Denmark or Norway.
@#4 My guess Denmark, many indians work there :)
If police pressure on his friends, they will tell reallity.
#1 your statement has no basis. Unless the young man had been fitted with a tracking device, there's not much the police can do aside from interviewing everyone who knows him and has seen him before he disappeared, and asks for people to come forward with information. If repeated attempts to contact him over his mobile phone were unsuccessful, chances are it is turned off and can't be tracked even if it has GPS, as far as I understand.
Hopefully it turns out to be the case of trying to avoid a pre-arranged marriage as #2 suggested, and everything will turn out fine.
And Blueeyes' comment is not worthless but might need a very good editing on the process to make it unique... lol
Both his parents have a lovely support from family, friends and relatives. this guy also has a sister. All of us love this guy for what he is. We are all shattered.
Let me assure you that none of the above mentioned estimations are true, except the fact that he is out there somewhere in strange country, with or without any material and other kinds of support. We are not used to cold conditions, nor are equipped to deal with extreme cold weather conditions. Weather predictions are increasing our anxiety, as well.
I wish and hope the readers of this news would be able to help in finding him, and we would be more than happy and grateful to have him back in India, and into our family fold.