Sakithivel Loganathan is an Indian national that was working for a software company near Wynyard Station, Sydney NSW.

On Sunday 15 September 2019 he spoke with friends, cancelling plans to go cycling, and has not been heard from or seen since. Police hold concerns for his safety.

Anyone with information which may assist in locating Sakithivel is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Search for missing man near Sea Cliff Bridge starts

Officers from police rescue squads and the Marine Area Command, as well as members of the State Emergency Service ARE searching for 28-year-old Sakithivel Loganathan in the northern Illawarra.

Madeline Crittenden

September 19, 2019 - 11:36AM

Illawarra Star

Police have launched a land and sea search for a Strathfield man last seen at the Illawarra over the weekend.

Officers from police rescue squads and the Marine Area Command, as well as members of the State Emergency Service, began searching for Sakithivel Loganathan, 28, on Thursday morning after he was reported missing on Sunday.

Mr Loganathan, who works as a software technician, was reported missing by his flatmate at Auburn Police Station on Sunday night, with subsequent investigations revealing he was last seen at Scarborough Railway Station about 3pm on Sunday afternoon.

On Wednesday, Wollongong Police Detective Inspector Brad Ainsworth said the wet and windy conditions prevented a wide-scale search from getting underway.

“Unfortunately the weather hasn’t been too kind to us where we can conduct any land air or sea searches,” he said.

With clearer conditions on Thursday, search crews began combing land and sea near the Sea Cliff Bridge, and set up a command post on Lawrence Hargrave Drive.

The Marine Area Command searched waters between Scarborough and Coalcliff throughout the morning, while SES crews scoured the shrubbery along the cliff faces.

CCTV footage captured at Scarborough Railway Station on Sunday shows Mr Loganathan was wearing a grey jacket, dark blue tracksuit pants and a dark blue T-shirt with white stripes prior to his disappearance.

Detective Inspector Ainsworth said police held serious concerns for Mr Loganathan’s welfare.

“He was reported missing by his flatmate who indicated that he didn’t think he was in a real good head space,” he said.

Loganathan has no known associates in the Wollongong area and it is unknown why he is in that area.

He has not used his bank account since Sunday.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police.

Missing Indian national: Search operation yields no results

A team of Illawarra Police Rescue Squad and NSW SES Wollongong City Unit have carried out extensive search operation around Scarborough on Thursday.

Published 20 September 2019 3:29pm

By Mosiqi Acharya SBS

An extensive search operation conducted to locate missing Indian national has yielded no results.

28-year-old Sakithivel Loganathan went missing from Strathfield in Sydney’s Inner West on Sunday.

He was reported missing by his housemate on Sunday night after he failed to return home.

Police investigations revealed he was last seen almost 60 km away at Scarborough Railway Station, near Wollongong on Sunday.

“He has been sighted at that location on CCTV wearing a grey jacket, dark blue tracksuit pants and a dark blue t-shirt with white stripes,” NSW Police said in a statement.

NSW Police’s Illawarra Police Rescue Squad and NSW SES Wollongong City Unity carried out extensive land and sea search operation on Thursday.

“Search operation was conducted between 8 am and 3.30 pm on Thursday which was coordinated by the Rescue team,” NSW Police told SBS Hindi.

“They looked from Scarborough to Sea Cliff Bridge and about 500 metres inland. But there was no sign [of him].”

The police have appealed for public assistance to locate him.

Mr Loganathan has no known associates in the Wollongong area and it is unknown why he was in the area, the police said.

He has also not used his bank account since Sunday, the police said.

Police and the family of Mr Loganathan are concerned for his welfare.

“We are worried about his whereabouts,” Mr Loganathan’s friend Sathya Moorthy wrote on Facebook.

Another friend Gowtham Guru urged his friend to return home.

“I beg you to please come [home],” he said.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.