Police search for missing Indian student in Helsinki's Kruunuvuorenranta

Finnish police are intensifying their search for a missing 18-year-old Indian student in the Kruunuvuorenranta district of Helsinki. The Central Criminal Police (KRP) is leading the search, which includes both land and water areas.

The student reportedly traveled by Z-train to Helsinki on Tuesday, May 5th, around 5 PM. The last confirmed sighting was later that evening, around 8 PM, at a local K-Market in Kruunuvuorenranta. Since then, there have been no further sightings.

Previous searches in the Herttoniemi area on Wednesday, based on a public tip, did not yield results. The investigation is now focusing back on Kruunuvuorenranta. Police currently have no information on why the student traveled to Helsinki, as they reportedly had no contacts or friends in the city.

The case is not currently suspected of involving a crime, and there is no indication that the student has left Finland. The student began studies at Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) in Lahti last autumn. Police are appealing for any information regarding the student's whereabouts, who was last seen wearing dark clothing and light shoes, carrying a backpack with thick gloves attached to the outside.