A SENSE of panic prevailed on Bhopal’s VIP Road late Monday night after an abandoned car was discovered parked near the shores of Upper Lake at around 1:30 am. Under the jurisdiction of the Kohefiza police station, law enforcement authorities recovered a suicide note from the vehicle, raising strong apprehensions that the car owner may have plunged into the deep reservoir. Following the discovery, police personnel and municipal rescue teams launched a massive search operation in the lake, which has continued into Tuesday without yielding any trace of the missing individual. The missing youth has been identified as 30- year-old Adit Ahuja, a resident of Bairagarh who operates a local pharmacy store. Following the incident, his distraught family members rushed to the Kohefiza police station, where a formal missing person report was registered based on their complaint. The police have seized the abandoned vehicle and the youth’s mobile phone from the spot.

 

Investigators noted that because the incident occurred during the latenight hours when no eyewitnesses were present, they are meticulously examining all possible angles of the case. According to police investigators and family disclosures, Ahuja placed a distressing final phone call to his father moments before taking the extreme step. Weeping over the phone, the youth told his father not to worry or look for him in Bargi Dam in Jabalpur that occurred on April 30. The probe is being headed by retired High Court Judge Justice Sanjay Dwivedi to investigate the loss of life caused by the incident. Finally, the State Government formally ratified its earlier orders from July 24, 2025, and March 3, 2026, granting State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) exemptions to two Hindi feature films exhibiting in the state, namely ‘Tanvi the Great’ directed by Anupam Kher and ‘Shatak: Sangh Ke 100 Varsh’ directed by Ashish Mall, allowing the equivalent tax amount to be reimbursed to provide a direct price benefit to moviegoers.