Infosys Employee Raghavendran Ganeshan Missing After the Brussels Blast

Editor's update (March 28, 2016): This story was published while Raghavendran Ganeshan was still missing. Belgian authorities later confirmed he was killed in the Maelbeek metro station attack on March 22, The Hindu BusinessLine reported. Our condolences to his family.

An Indian software engineer working with Infosys was reported missing in Brussels after the bomb blasts that shook the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed that while no Indian casualties had been reported, efforts were on to trace the young engineer.

Raghavendran Ganeshan had joined Infosys for training in Bengaluru and Pune, and had been sent to Belgium nearly four years earlier to work with a telecommunications company. Colleagues in Brussels said the blast at the metro station was on the route he takes daily for work. Since the blasts, however, there had been no contact with Mr. Ganeshan, who hailed from Tamil Nadu.

Dhaval Ved, his colleague in Brussels, said it had been more than 24 hours since contact with Mr. Ganeshan stopped, and colleagues were circulating information on social media to get leads.

In a statement, Infosys said: "Following the attacks in Brussels, Infosys reached out to all its employees in the city to ascertain their whereabouts and safety. With the exception of one employee who we are trying to reach, we have been able to connect with all other employees. We are in touch with the missing employee's family and are working with the Indian Embassy and local authorities in Brussels to locate our employee on priority."

Appealing for help in tracing the Indian national, Ms. Swaraj tweeted that she had spoken to Mr. Ganeshan's mother in Mumbai. The Indian Embassy in Belgium said teams had been sent to hospitals where 234 of the injured had been admitted, and there was still no sign of Mr. Ganeshan.

Based on reporting by The Hindu.