Australian detectives have intensified the probe into the mysterious disappearance of a 27-year-old Indian after a tip of that he may have been taken to an island near here in May last year.
Australian detectives have intensified the probe into the mysterious disappearance of a 27-year-old Indian after a tip of that he may have been taken to an island near here in May last year.
Shiva Chauhan, who worked here as a delivery van driver, went missing under mysterious circumstances while on duty in May last year. His locked van was traced the very next day in Melbourne's Keysborough area.
Detectives have received information that suggests Chauhan may have been taken to Phillip Island, 140 kms from Melbourne in the early hours of Friday, 2 May 2014, The Age reported today.
Chauhan was last seen at a bakery on South Park Road, Dandenong South at about 12.20am that day. His abandoned van turned up on Hutton Road in Keysborough about 3pm.
Cold Case and Missing Persons Squad Detective Inspector Jill Dyson was quoted as saying by the newspaper that police would not give up until they knew what had happened to Chauhan.
"We've got grave concerns for Shiva's welfare. He hasn't been seen or heard from by family or by friends and we believe he may have met with foul play," Dyson said.
"Investigators are also looking for a stolen maroon 2006 Toyota they believe may have been used to transport Chauhan from his van to Phillip Island," she added.
"We do have some information to suggest he may have been brought here shortly after his disappearance," Inspector Dyson said.
"Detectives have "some theories" about what may have motivated Mr Chauhan's disappearance, but was not yet prepared to comment further on the issue. We talk to people and they give us certain information but nothing is really clear as yet," she said.
About 13 SES volunteers, detectives and Digger, a cadaver dog from New South Wales Police, are expected to continue the search operations.
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