Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Dec 25: A 29-year-old software engineer from Patna has gone missing under mysterious circumstances in Whitefield area since December 18.

Ajitabh Kumar, working for a British Telecom, had put up his car for sale on OLX. On Monday he told his roommates he was going to meet a prospective buyer and left home around 6.30 pm. He was active on WhatsApp till 7.10 pm and later his phone was switched off. The last location of his mobile phone was Gunjur near Whitefield.

"We are investigating all angles. We have sought data from the online classified portal and also his call records. The investigation so far has not suggested anything out of the ordinary in Ajitabh's personal and professional life," says a police officer investigating the case.

Ajitabh moved to Bengaluru in 2010 and since then he has been staying with his childhood friend Ravi in Whitefield.

Ajitabh was selected to join the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in 2018 for an executive MBA programme. He had put the car for sale as he wanted the money to pay his fee. Ajitabh owns a Maruti Ciaz which he bought for Rs 12 lac and had quoted Rs 11.8 lac on OLX as sale price. His brother Arnabh suspects that someone has kidnapped him on the pretext of buying his car.

Ajitabh's friends and relatives have launched an online campaign to find him.