Daijiworld News Network - Puttur/Nelyadi (GA)

Puttur, Jun 10: Three engineers from Bangalore who had gone for trekking in the Kempuhole area near Shirady Ghat here are still missing.  It is the thirteenth day ever since they went missing.  But so far there has been no news about them.

The three engineers Bhaskar Babu, Tejamurthy and Vasant Kumar, who had come for trekking to the Shirady area, had gone missing from May 28.

Many teams coordinated by Sakleshpur circle inspector Shailendra are involved in the search operation.  But none of has tasted success.  The Sakleshpur police, forest department staff, localites are all involved in search.

Another group led by the brother of Sakleshpur MLA is involved in search operation in the hilly area near the old palace.  Though rains have receded search operations are thwarted by hilly terrain and dense woods.

The family members of Tejamurthy, Vasant Kumar and Bhaskar Babu, the missing engineers too have camped in the area for the last 7 days.