Search on for missing engineer

The police along with local residents and trekkers launched a massive search operation that was on till reports last came in on Friday. Kavita’s brother Amit Chikhli,fiancée Madan Kumar from Bangalore and about 40 employees from her company accompanied the police team during the search operation. Her brother and colleagues were not willing to speak to the media. They,however,told the police that Kavita was good at work and of helping nature. Senior inspector Satish Patil of Haveli police said,“We thought that Kavita may have gone down to Atkarwadi village. So we inquired about her at kiosks,shops,restaurant in Atkarwadi. But there were no inputs about her.”

“We have conducted rigorous search at various locations on and around Sinhagad. So far we have no clue about Kavita. Nothing like her cell phone,spectacles,clothes or water bottle that she carried while trekking was found,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police Ravindra Pardeshi,who was leading the search team.

Police said Kavita is a native of Karad in Satara district. She was living with a friend as paying guest at Nyati Empire in Chandan Nagar,Kharadi for last one month. She was earlier staying at Chinchwad. Her elder brother also stays in Pune.

She had gone to Sinhagad for trekking along with 32 colleagues on Thursday early morning. The company was preparing for a trekking competition,for which they had come to Sinhagad. The trek started from Atkarwadi village around 7.30 am on Thursday. Kavita was seen with the group till they reached Khamkar machi around 7.45 am. After that Kavita lagged behind and then could not be traced. Her colleagues searched for her till 4 pm,but could not locate her and lodged the missing report at Haveli police station.