Sangareddy: A student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) has been reported missing from the campus since July 17.
The student, Karthi (21) of Water Tank Thanda in Miryalaguda mandal of Nalgonda district, was a B-Tech second-year student of the Institute.
As his mobile phone remained switched off since July 17, his parents reached the campus. After talking to the Institute management and Karthi’s friends, the parents approached the Sangareddy Rural Police.
The police are learned to have traced his mobile phone signals near Visakhapatnam. A team has gone to Visakhapatnam as part of the investigation.
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