Lacking for two months in Finland, Hyderabad teen’s physique discovered at sea; household calls for ‘correct’ probe | India Information
3 min learnHyderabadJul 12, 2026 01:02 PM IST
The physique of an 18-year-old pupil, Manideep Reddy Gujja, from Hyderabad who went lacking in Finland in Might was recovered from the ocean in Helsinki, his household’s lawyer, KLB Kumar, advised The Indian Specific on Sunday. The lawyer mentioned the case raised a number of doubts and alleged that it was not “investigated correctly”.
The Indian embassy in Finland communicated this to Manideep’s household on July 10, after native authorities knowledgeable the embassy that the physique had been discovered within the sea in Helsinki.
Manideep was Pursuing a Bachelor’s program at Lappeenranta-Lahti College of Know-how (LUT College), Lahti Campus, Finland. He was residing in Ritaniemenkatu, Lahti.
The final sighting of {the teenager} was at a shopping center in Helsinki, about 100 kilometres from his residence in Lahti. Police in Finland discovered a CCTV picture of him strolling alongside the aisles of the procuring centre on Might 5. He was not seen since then.
His mother and father, Mamata Reddy and G Muthyam Reddy, had approached the Telangana Excessive Courtroom, in search of instructions to authorities to hint their son.
Thriller journey
In response to his mother and father, Manideep requested had requested them for Rs 5,000 on Might 5. “He referred to as me to ask for this small sum of money, and I transferred it,” his mom mentioned. Since then, utilizing about Rs 2,500, he travelled for over 100 kilometres by bus and reached Helsinki, Finnish police discovered. The explanation for the journey stays a thriller.
In Helsinki, he was seen having a chew at an eatery and strolling right into a shopping center. His telephone turned unreachable shortly afterwards. “We don’t know what occurred to him,” his mom had earlier advised The Indian Specific.
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Manideep had moved to Finland in 2025 to review engineering. “We thought that he would come again and do effectively in a superb job,” his mom had mentioned.
The household’s lawyer mentioned the case “was not correctly investigated” and that the restoration of the physique after two months raises a number of doubts. “We’ve got many doubts. After two months, the physique has been recovered. We imagine that it’s a suspicious demise,” Kumar mentioned. The mother and father imagine that one thing untoward occurred to him on Might 5, the day he went lacking, the lawyer mentioned.
The lawyer requested the Union authorities to assist the mother and father to go to Finland and make enquiries and see the physique. “We demand that the demise ought to be investigated correctly. Finnish authorities ought to examine the circumstances beneath which the boy disappeared and the way the demise occurred,” the lawyer mentioned.
