Kundapur: Man fakes his disappearance to evade lenders, caught in Bangalore

Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur

Kundapur, Jul 22: In an interesting turn of events, a man from Bangalore who had disappeared from Maravante beach under mysterious circumstances about a month ago has been found.

The man, identified as Shyamprasad, had left his car and belongings at Maravante beach and disappeared. His mobile phone too was found in the car. A case had been registered in Gangolli police station on June 17. It was assumed that he had committed suicide by jumping into the sea.

However, the Gangolli police also found a bank receipt of a payment, which ultimately helped them trace Shyamprasad. The receipt was of State Bank of India, Goa, showing a payment of Rs 25,000 made to a person by name Sandhya in Bangalore. The police left for Bangalore to investigate further, and after getting her address from the bank from where the money was transferred, they managed to locate her. Based on the information given by Sandhya, the police traced Shyamprasad to Ramachandrapura in Bangalore and caught him, and brought him to Gangolli for interrogation. It is learnt that amount of Rs 25,000 that was transferred was monthly house rent he had paid his tenant.

Shyamprasad, who holds an MBA in marketing, was running a used car business in Banashankari. He used to make nearly Rs 4 lac a month from this business, and from the profit earned, he planned to buy a Hitachi. He took a loan of Rs 10 lac to start a new business but faced losses right from day one. Over the last six months, he got himself into a debt of Rs 40 lac.

When the lenders demanded their money back, he tried to evade them by shifting to another house, but there too he was found out. He then left Bangalore by his car with an intention to jump into the sea at Murdeshwar. But when he reached Trasi, he changed his clothes, left the ones he was wearing in the car along with his phone and bag, and took a bus to Kundapur. From there he went to Karwar, then to Panaji and finally took a train to Delhi.

In Delhi, he got a job in Mahindra company that fetched him Rs 30,000 per month. However, when the company asked him to produce some documents and also to make some money to buy a car, he came back to Bangalore.

The Gangolli police searched the length and breadth of the coastal region in their hunt for Shyamprasad. Finally, the bank receipt found in the car gave them the vital clue. It has been ascertained that he had faked his disappearance to evade his lenders. Gangolli ASI Annayya Golla and head constable Ratnakar located and arrested him in Bangalore.