CHICAGO: The mystery surrounding the disappearance of an Indian descent pre-med A grade student Harsha Maduula is getting deeper everyday.
Harsha, 18, a sophomore at Northwestern University in Evanston, was last seen around 12:30 a.m. leaving an off-campus party at 2013 Ridge Ave. wearing a gray long-sleeve sweater with white and black stitching, dark gray pants and brown shoes. The people still in the party residence say he left with three or four of the 10 friends that came there on the fateful night. The friends are reported saying that they realized he wasn’t with them as they proceeded to walk on to yet another party.
Harsh is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds.
The NW Police rules out foul play based on its investigation talking to a number of his friends and other party goers. That leaves a possibility of an accident and the focus of investigation at near by Wilmette Harbor. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has now joined the search team. The parents of Harsha – Prasad and Dhanalakshmi Maddula – flew from East Coast and announced a reward of $25,000 for information on the whereabouts of their son.
Harsha family sources say Harsha was recently diagnosed as a diabetic and had returned to the university just three days before he disappeared. This information gives a new twist as diabetes, especially Type 1, could be dangerous to someone drinking excessively.
Harsha’s father Prasad Maddula said it was hard to believe that somebody may have kidnapped him to cause him not to contact his family. Parents and students are hopeful that the missing Northwestern student is still alive – and not another statistic of the campus’ problematic history of alcohol-related deaths.
The unfolding situation of a missing NU student is reminiscent of Trevor Boehm, who went missing Nov. 5, 2008. His body was found in Lake Michigan and identified 12 days later after an apparent suicide.
Anyone with information on where Maddula is asked to call Northwestern University Police, at (847) 491-3254.
Ramesh Soparawala
India Post News Service
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