By IANS
Kathmandu : An Indian student of medicine in Nepal created a scare among his relatives and family by disappearing and causing his parents to announce a reward for information about his whereabouts.
Sai Prasad Patnaik, a 22-year-old from Bhubaneswar city in India’s Orissa state, went missing on Oct 7 from the sunny city of Pokhara, a popular tourist destination in Nepal. He was studying medicine in the renowned Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Pokhara.
A third-year student, Patnaik had failed in one subject in a recent examination, and went missing soon afterwards.
His anxious parents rushed to Nepal and in newspaper advertisements offered a reward for any information about his whereabouts.
The advertisement appeared on the day the decomposed body of an 11-year-old Indian child was found in a carton in Kathmandu, giving rise to fears that Patnaik could have been abducted.
atnaik’s disappearance ended on a happier note – he was found in Kathmandu.
The medical student returned to Pokhara Monday and accompanied his parents to Bhubaneswar for the Dashain vacation, the college said.
Earlier this year, two Indian medical students had hit the headlines in Nepal. One was kidnapped in Kathmandu and released after his family paid an undisclosed ransom amount to the abductors, and the other killed himself after failing in an examination.