A 22-year-old Pune man, who served as a deck cadet on a merchant ship sailing from Indonesia to Singapore, has gone missing since Friday afternoon while sailing the vessel, his father stated on Sunday.
The missing person, identified as “Pranav Karad,” was working with Wilhelmsen Ship Management India Pvt Ltd for the last six months, as quoted by PTI.
His father, Gopal Karad, stated, “The ship was sailing to Singapore from Indonesia. We got a call on Friday night from the shipping company’s Mumbai office, saying our kid had vanished while he was on board. A search operation is underway to locate him,” and further added, “We are attempting to request assistance from the central government. We have also contacted the police in Pune and Mumbai. Pranav completed a three-year Marine Engineering program at an educational institution in the city,”
Pranav’s family members approached Pune’s police for help. However, the officials directed them to contact Mumbai police as the shipping firm’s office is officially located in Andheri.
In another major incident, a 22-year-old female engineering student from Pune was found murdered in Ahmednagar on April 4. The student has been missing since March 30, 2024. An official informed that three persons kidnaped the student, and a college friend was also one of them. The official further said that the girl was kidnapped for a total ransom of 9 lakh but was later strangulated, and her body was buried on the outskirts of the city. She was pursuing an engineering degree in college in Wagholi year.
The official stated, “A male college friend and two other people met her on March 29 and left her off at her dorm. They brought her to Ahmednagar on March 30. They asked her parents for a transfer of ₹9 lakh. After that, they strangled her, buried her body outside of Ahmednagar, and took her cellphone’s SIM card out,”
The girl’s relatives filed a police complaint, and a probe was started into the whole ase. A few days later, all three accused of the kidnapping and murder were arrested by the police.
