A 31-year-old IT skilled has been lacking since Friday, August 7, the day he set out on a solo trek up Shivagange Hill in Bengaluru Rural. A police crew engaged in search operations discovered his bike on the foothills.
Advait Upadhyay, an IIT alumnus with a grasp’s diploma in cybersecurity, had travelled to Shivagange from Bengaluru on Friday morning. He had been working within the metropolis for a number of years and was scheduled to get married in January.
Advait had rented a motorbike from Whitefield about 5 days earlier than his disappearance. CCTV footage recorded on the foothills reveals him arriving on the bike and starting the trek at round 7.30 am. He had additionally instructed his fiancee, Prapti Chauhan, about his plans shortly earlier than leaving.
Nevertheless, there isn’t any CCTV footage exhibiting him coming back from the hill. His telephone was switched off quickly after he started the trek. Prapti filed a lacking individual grievance on the Kadugodi police station later that night.
In keeping with media stories, the final identified location of his cell phone was traced to an space that doesn’t fall alongside the trekking route. This has added one other component of uncertainty to the search, as groups have been unable to determine whether or not he adopted the standard trekking path.
Shivagange is round 50 km from Bengaluru and rises to 4,488 toes above sea degree. The hill is a well-liked trekking vacation spot, however components of the route are tough to navigate, with steep sections, slim rock-cut steps, cliffs and dense vegetation.
After the lacking individual grievance was filed, police groups from Dobbaspet and Nelamangala have been alerted and commenced looking the hill. Personnel have been scouring the rocky terrain and forested stretches, with specific consideration being paid to hazardous places corresponding to Shantala Drop, a steep cliff part close to the highest.
The search has been sophisticated by heavy rain within the space. Groups needed to droop operations on Saturday, whereas tough climate and terrain additionally affected the operation on Sunday.
Authorities have since expanded the search operation by bringing in specialised tools. Excessive-resolution drones are getting used to scan stretches which are tough to succeed in on foot, whereas specialised steel detectors sourced from the Bengaluru police commissionerate have additionally been deployed.
A 15-member State Catastrophe Response Drive crew has joined the operation. Search groups have divided the hill into key zones and are analyzing areas round steep drops, rock faces and different probably hazardous stretches.
Police and rescue personnel have continued looking whereas Advait’s relations stay on the web site.
