Missing Trekkers

Has anyone heard of the trekkers from Bangalore who went missing in the Western Ghats of Karnatka few days ago.

Do you have a reference, or better still a link, to an article on this?

I found this...
but cant find any more updated news...

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
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=22627&n_tit =Puttur%3A+It's+Thirteenth+Day +-+Missing+Trekkers+Still+not+Tr aced

I heard this news througgh a friend .
Thanks for the update D.F..I was just wondering ,the picture you have besides ur name , is it the Buddha from the Italian end of Vagator Beach.

Ten search teams comb Shiradi Ghat forest area

HASSAN: More than 200 policemen entered the Shiradi Ghat forest area on Saturday along with forest officials and local people to search for the missing trekkers from Bangalore but their efforts failed. Ten teams were involved in the search.

Deputy Commissioner K.H. Ashwathanarayana Gowda, Superintendent of Police, Panduranga H. Rane, Additional Superintendent of Police, Thammiah and Deputy Conservator of Forests, K.H. Nagaraja also participated in the operation.

Camping near Chamundeshwari Temple at Maranahalli Gate, they supervised the combing operation. They also summoned doctors as a precautionary measure.

Armed with guns, clubs and sickles to clear the road, the search teams entered the forest from Maranahalli gate.

According to Mr. Rane, despite their extensive search, they could not trace V. Tejamurthy, of Adventure Trekking Association of Bangalore, Vasanth Kumar, a hardware engineer and Bhaskar Babu, who came to trek in the Shiradi Ghat part of Western Ghats.

Mr. Shivakumar, brother of Tejamurthy, who registered a complaint with the police, said that the three trekkers left their vehicle near Chamundeshwari temple near Maranahalli and entered the forest on May 28.

Four teams comprising police, forest officials and trekkers from Bangalore, combed the forest area for three days. Rain, fog and Aane hullu (big grass) had obstructed the operation.

Rain, fog pose problems


A senior police official said that it was not easy to comb the dense forest in the rain and fog. He said the police were studying the background of the missing trekkers and decided to question their relatives in detail.

A team might leave for Bangalore for the purpose soon, he added.

Any further news on this?

Hi Folks,

They are still missing. Nobody has any info about them.

Rgs
Satmatrix

The last news Was heard or posted was on the 10th of June which is available on the

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=22627&n_tit =Puttur%3A+It's+Thirteenth+Day +-+Missing+Trekkers+Still+not+Tr aced

Will post if any futher news is heard

Regards

Hi,

Any more news on these guys? I searched the net but didnt find anything new.