Missing techies' bodies found near Torna fort

Shoryawardhan Garg and Sagar Munjal Sanghavi who worked with MMS Systems went missing on Sunday

The Velhe police chowkyu00a0team lead by Assistant Inspector R B Unde confirmed yesterday that the bodies of the two techies, Shoryawardhan Garg and Sagar Munjal Sanghavi, who went missing on Sunday evening were found near Torna fort. They were recovered in a decomposed state 1,100 feet below Kala Kada, around 65 km from Pune.

Garg and Sanghavi, who were working with MMS Systems, went missing near the fort while they were driving. The police recovered the car on Monday in Velhe.

According to sources, the two professionals were supposed to travel back to Pune on the same day. People known to them told MiD DAY that their cell phones were ringing but the calls went unanswered.
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The police were informed about the incident when theu00a0 Managing Director of MMS Systems Mahendra Paththabiram Shrinivas, contacted them on Monday morning.
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"Sanghavi's parents flew to Pune from Ohio, USA, and Garg's parents came from Ghaziabad as soon as they were told that their sons were missing. For the last two days, they were camping at the Velhe police station," said DSP (Rural) Ravindrasinh Pardeshi.u00a0

While giving details of the search operation, Pardeshi said, "It took just a phone call for theu00a0 Velhe police chowky police team lead by API R B Unde to undertake the search operation.
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A chopper belonging to the Kirloskar company and 30 jawans of the 18 Sikh Battalion, led by Captain Nilesh Tiwari Ghorpadi, joined the operation. Last afternoon they spotted some of the techies' belongings in the valley, which led to the discovery of their bodies."

Trekkers say that new visitors often lose their way.u00a0 Prasad, a trekking enthusiast said, "One has to take a rickety staircase to get down at Zunzar Machi. At this spot if you look down, there is deep valley, and this sight is enough to give you vertigo."