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The father of a 19-year-old Indian student who disappeared after being ejected of a Manchester nightclub on New Year's Eve has arrived in the city from Bangalore to help search for his missing son. The father of a 19-year-old Indian student who disappeared after being ejected from a Manchester nightclub on New Year's Eve has arrived in the city from Bengaluru to help search for his missing son. Souvik Pal, a scholarship student at Manchester Metropolitan university, has not been seen since being asked to leave the Warehouse Project in Trafford just before 11pm.
Souvik Pal, a scholarship student at Manchester Metropolitan university, has not been seen since being asked to leave the Warehouse Project nightclub in Trafford, Manchester, just before 11pm. Police divers have halted a search of the Manchester Ship Canal near the club. At a press conference on Tuesday his father, Santanu Pal, appealed to anyone who may have information to call the police.
Police divers have halted a search of the Manchester Ship Canal, near the club Pal was in last week. At a press conference on Tuesday his father, Santanu Pal, passionately appealed to anyone who may have information about his son to call the police. Santanu said he last spoke to his son on New Year's Eve, at midnight Indian time, when he sounded "joyous". His family told him to be careful and stay with his friends. Souvik, an engineer, had moved several times with his family around India, but this is the first time he had been away from home. He was awarded a vice-chancellor's scholarship to study product design in Manchester, and started his course last September.
He said: "I am very proud of my son. And I will stay here until I get him back. I am grateful for the efforts Greater Manchester police and Manchester Metropolitan university have made since my son's disappearance and the support they have given to me."
Pal said he last spoke to his son on New Year's Eve, at midnight Indian time, when he sounded "joyous". His family told him to be careful and stay with his friends.
Pal, an engineer, has moved several times with his family around India, but this is the first time Souvik had been away from home. Souvik was awarded a vice-chancellor's scholarship to study product design at Manchester Metropolitan university and started his course in September 2012.
"He was enjoying his life," said Pal. "His friends and flatmates told me that everyone would like to have Souvik as a friend."
Detective Chief Inspector Colin Larkin said: "We are looking to bring him safely to his family. I appeal to anybody who may have been inside the club or in the areas outside at the time to contact the police."Detective Chief Inspector Colin Larkin said: "We are looking to bring him safely to his family. I appeal to anybody who may have been inside the club or in the areas outside at the time to contact the police."
He added: "With every day that passes, we are becoming more concerned for Souvik's welfare." The detective said that Souvik's eviction from the nightclub was a misunderstanding, and there was no indication that he was misbehaving or drunk.
The detective said that Souvik's eviction from the nightclub was a misunderstanding, and there was no indication that he was misbehaving or drunk. He also said that racism was not a factor in the disappearance. He said that racism was not a factor in the disappearance. But a representative of the Indian Association of Manchester, a local community group, said: "How can you categorically say that there was no racism?" He said he had interviewed friends who were with Souvik who told him: "We feel [Souvik] was unjustly evicted from the Warehouse Project and was given no opportunity to notify anyone that he had to leave ."
But a representative of the Indian Association of Manchester, a local community group, said: "How can you categorically say that there was no racism?" He said he had interviewed the friends Souvik had been with on the night of his disappearance. They gave him a statement which said: "We feel [Souvik] was unjustly evicted from the Warehouse Project and was given no opportunity to notify anyone that he had to leave." Souvik is 5ft 7in and slim. He has an Indian accent and a scar on the right side of his forehead. He was last seen wearing a pale denim long-sleeved shirt, grey chino trousers and navy leather boots.
Souvik is 5ft 7in and slim. He speaks with an Indian accent and has a scar on the right side of his forehead. He was last seen wearing a pale denim long-sleeved shirt, grey chino trousers and navy leather boots. Meanwhile, the search continues for another man missing in Manchester since leaving a New Year's Eve party. Police on Tuesday released a photo of 22-year-old Michael Simpson, taken a few hours before he disappeared in the early hours of New Year's Day near Stockport Road West in Bredbury. His disappearance is unconnected with that of Souvik.Simpson left a party at a friend's house after 2am. He has not been heard of since he texted his girlfriend at around 2.30am, saying he had left the party and was lost.
His father has asked Manchester police to think of him as one of the staff during the search. Simpson is slim, 5ft 6in tall, with light brown hair, blue eyes and black-framed glasses. He was last seen wearing a black V-neck jumper, blue jeans and white trainers.
"My feeling is that I will get back my son," he said. "He is in the UK somewhere, where I do not know."
Meanwhile, the search continues for another man who has been missing in Manchester since leaving a New Year's Eve party. Police on Tuesday released a new photo of 22-year-old Michael Simpson, taken a few hours before he disappeared in the early hours of New Year's Day, also in Manchester. His disappearance is unconnected to that of Souvik.
Simpson left a party at a friend's house on Stockport Road West, Bredbury, after 2am. He has not been heard of since he texted his girlfriend at around 2.30am saying he had left the party and was lost.
Michael is slim, 5ft 6in, with light brown hair, blue eyes and black framed glasses. He was last seen wearing a black V-neck jumper, blue jeans and white trainers.