A 17-year-old JEE aspirant who allegedly went missing from his hostel in Rajasthan’s Kota has been located by police officials in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala. Cops conducted an extensive 11-day search operation to find the boy who went missing on February 13.
The aspirant identified as Piyush hailed from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh and was preparing for JEE for the past two years, reported NDTV, adding that his disappearance raised concerns among family members and authorities.
Senior police officer Amrita Duhan informed that to find the whereabouts of Piyush, police searched different locations with teams. Cops received intelligence input, suggesting the boy’s presence in Dehradun and the investigating officials dispatched teams to both Dehradun and Haridwar to locate the missing 17-year-old boy.
The family members of the student accompanied the cops, who then found the boy in Dharamshala. According to the English Daily, Piyush’s mental condition is reported to be unstable, adding that the boy will undergo counseling and subsequent questioning, once he reaches Kota.
In another unrelated incident, the body of a 16-year-old IIT-JEE aspirant has been recovered from the Chambal valley in Rajasthan after nine days of intense search operation, the police informed.
Rachit Sondhiya, a JEE aspirant from Madhya Pradesh, has been missing since February 11, NDTV reported. The student was last seen entering the forest area near Garadiya Mahadev temple in a security camera footage. The student reportedly left his hostel on the pretext of an exam.
According to the police, the teenager’s body was spotted in an isolated and inaccessible spot in the Chambal Valley.
After their son went incommunicado for over a week, Rachit’s parents circulated his posters urging the public to help them find his location. They even reached out to Education Minister Madan Dilawar, requesting his intervention in the matter.
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