CHENNAI: Police suspect Satish Kumar, a 25-year-old law graduate, who was reported missing in Thirumangalam limits, near Anna Nagar on Tuesday, may have been kidnapped. The police had found Satish Kumar’s two-wheeler and mobile phone at ICF. After Satish’s father Shankarasubbu (50), a lawyer in the Madras High Court, had filed a habeas corpus petition in the court, a team of senior police officials and over 20 fire personnel conducted a search in the lake at ICF North Colony on Saturday. A sniffer dog was also pressed into service. Police reportedly found a bag containing a set of clothes, which they thought might belong to the missing man.Satish Kumar of Thangam Colony, Anna Nagar West, had not returned after he left home on the evening of Tuesday, June 7. His parents had lodged a complaint at the Thirumangalam police station that night. Meanwhile, an abandoned two-wheeler was reported found in ICF police station limits on June 9. Following a habeas corpus filed by the lawyer, police investigations revealed that the abandoned two-wheeler belonged to the missing man. Police also found Satish’s mobile phone in the two-wheeler. They are gathering Satish’s call details for the last 10 days.A search was also conducted in the park surrounding the lake where cops found a box on which names of two couples were written. One of the names was Satish Kumar alongside the name of a woman.The same names were also etched on a tree in the park. Police suspect that the man could have been kidnapped and murdered or kept hostage.A place for illegal activitiesResidents in the area claimed that the park surrounding the lake had been developed by the previous government as a tourist spot but was later left without proper maintenance. As a result, a lot of illegal activities had taken place in the area. “We cannot open the windows of our quarters that face the park as it is quite dirty there. Further those involved in illegal activities in the park have warned us to keep the windows shut,” said a local resident.
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