It is going to be a dismal New Year's Eve for the Asodiya family in Ahmedabad unless they find their son who went missing after alighting from a train at Borivli station on December 10. Bhaskar Asodiya, 35, is a bank manager in Metoda village, where he lived with his wife and two-year-old son. He came to Mumbai, claiming he had to attend a training conference here. His family never heard from him again. Then they discovered there was never any conference.

'Has to be foul play'
But his family members refuse to believe that Bhaskar has abandoned them. They said, "He was so attached to his son, I am sure that he must be missing him and would have wanted to be back in Metoda with his wife and son." Bhaskar was accompanied by his younger brother Kunal on the journey from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. Kunal said, "Bhaskar is the oldest of three brothers. I was returning to my home in Thane, and Bhaskar joined me, saying he had a bank training meet in Mumbai for one week. We alighted at Borivli station. I went to catch a bus to Thane, while Bhaskar said he had to go to Churchgate. We never heard from him again."