An extensive search operation conducted to locate missing Indian national has yielded no results.
28-year-old Sakithivel Loganathan went missing from Strathfield in Sydney’s Inner West on Sunday.
He was reported missing by his housemate on Sunday night after he failed to return home.
Police investigations revealed he was last seen almost 60 km away at Scarborough Railway Station, near Wollongong on Sunday.
“He has been sighted at that location on CCTV wearing a grey jacket, dark blue tracksuit pants and a dark blue t-shirt with white stripes,” NSW Police said in a statement.
NSW Police’s Illawarra Police Rescue Squad and NSW SES Wollongong City Unity carried out extensive land and sea search operation on Thursday.
Source: wollongong.ses.nsw.gov.au
“Search operation was conducted between 8 am and 3.30 pm on Thursday which was coordinated by the Rescue team,” NSW Police told SBS Hindi.
“They looked from Scarborough to Sea Cliff Bridge and about 500 metres inland. But there was no sign [of him].”
The police have appealed for public assistance to locate him.
Source: wollongong.ses.nsw.gov.au
Mr Loganathan has no known associates in the Wollongong area and it is unknown why he was in the area, the police said.
He has also not used his bank account since Sunday, the police said.
Police and the family of Mr Loganathan are concerned for his welfare.
“We are worried about his whereabouts,” Mr Loganathan’s friend Sathya Moorthy wrote on Facebook.
Another friend Gowtham Guru urged his friend to return home.
“I beg you to please come [home],” he said.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.
Police investigations revealed Sakithivel Loganathan from Sydney was last seen almost 60 km away at Scarborough Railway Station, near Wollongong the same day. Source: NSW Police
