It has been more than three months since autistic teen Tarun Gupta went missing from his home in Colaba, but there is still no trace of him. With the Mumbai police reaching almost a dead end in the investigation, Tarun's father, Vinod Gupta has lost all hope. Referring to the recent arrest of Jalish Ansari, an accused in the 1993 serial blasts, Gupta said, "If the police can find a terrorist within 48 hours, then why can't they trace my son? The cops are just saying that he has gone to a different state."

When contacted, deputy commissioner of police (zone 1), Sangramsinh Nishandar, said, "We will revive the efforts to trace the boy." Gupta has also alleged that the police was no longer investigating the case wholeheartedly.'