Udupi: A 29-year-old man who went missing as a teenager 13 years ago from Udupi district has been traced in Bengaluru, where he is now working as an interior designer.

Ananthakrishna Prabhu was just 16 years old and a first-year Pre-University student at Vidyavardhaka PU College in Mundkur when he went missing on December 6, 2012. He had left home saying he was going to the temple but never returned. A missing person case was registered at the Karkala Rural Police Station based on a complaint by his father, Prabhakar Prabhu, as reported by The Hindu.

According to Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar, Ananthakrishna reportedly left home after making a mistake in his school exams and was afraid to tell his family. After leaving home, he worked for two years at a factory in Sakles

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