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Missing IIT- B studentu2019s family seeks help from Rajasthan govt

Updated on: 11 February,2020 05:00 AM IST  | 

Missing IIT- B studentu2019s family seeks help from Rajasthan govt

PALLAVI SMART pallavi. smart@ mid- day. com ALMOST three months after Harsh Sharma, . . , went missing from the Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT) Bombay, there is no trace of him.

Sharma, who was studying in the third year of the Bachelor of Technology ( B. Tech) Dual Degree course, was allegedly suffering from depression.


They have spoken to his friends and classmates and the institute, too, is providing all possible help. But, unfortunately, the investigation hasnu2019t led anywhere,u201d said Dinesh Sharma, Harshu2019s father, a businessman.



But, that investigation, too, seems to have reached a dead- end.u201d u2018 Reaching out to publicu2019 Sharma and his family members are taking turns to come to Mumbai to stay in touch with the police. He has also gone to all local political party offices in Mumbai, especially in the eastern suburbs, seeking the help of local activists. u201c Our objective is to make people aware at large, especially party workers, about Harsh, so if anybody has any update they would be able to help us. And, he has not taken his mobile phone, it is becoming very difficult to trace him.

So reaching out to the public is what we thought would be of help,u201d said Sharma.

Sachin Madne, head of the Shiv Senau2019s Powai shakha, said, u201c We have created a WhatsApp message regarding Harsh along with his photo, and forwarded it to all our groups of party members around the eastern suburbs including Vikhroli, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, etc. But, there is no news yet.u201d DCP Ankit Goyal said, u201c Our team is continuously working on this investigation.

There is no lead yet after the CCTV footage.u201d Missing IIT- B studentu2019s family seeks help from Rajasthan govt As they hail from the state, they requested the government to write to their Maharashtra counterparts urging them to speed up search mid- dayu2019s report on the investigation to find Sharma, on December 14, 2019 Harsh Sharma was suffering from depression u2018 Our objective was to make people aware at large, especially ( political) party workers, about Harsh, so if anybody has any update they would be able to help us. Since he has not taken his mobile phone, it is becoming very difficult to trace himu2019 Dinesh Sharma, Harshu2019s father

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