Mangaluru, Jul 9: Nearly two weeks after a dead body was found at Halekot area near Karwar railway station, it was identified as that of Nishant, a software engineer, who had gone missing under mysterious circumstances nearly a month ago.
23-year-old Nishant, a native of Kodagu, was working in Mangaluru after completing his engineering graduation. According to his family, Nishant had gone to Bangaluru on June 8 to attend a job interview. He reportedly informed his family that he had been selected.
He later again called his family members and informed them he would return to Mangaluru by that night's Yeshwantpur-Karwar train. His father Umesh informed media that from June 9, his mobile was not reachable.
He did not return to his room or office. After trying to contact him for three days, the family lodged a missing complaint in Kadri police station in Mangaluru on June 12.
On June 27, Karwar Rural police received a call about a body in a house at Halekot on the outskirts of Karwar town. Police recovered the body and waited for clues. As nobody claimed the body, he was buried on July 6 at Karwar.
On Saturday, Nishant's family members, who are residents of Kodagu, arrived at Karwar and contacted police saying they had received on WhatsApp a photograph of a body and it resembled Nishant. The body was exhumed on Saturday and handed over to the family. But the entire episode is shrouded in mystery.
It's suspected he may have been abducted and later killed. Family members alleged that Nishant's laptop, other material and money was missing. They alleged he was murdered.
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