Karnataka - Infosys engineer missing after Brussels explosions

Indian software engineer working with Infosys has been reported missing in Brussels after the blasts that rocked the Belgian capital on Tuesday.

Raghavendra Ganeshan

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed in a tweet that although no casualties were reported from India, efforts were on to trace the infosys software engineer.

Having Infosys together for training in Bangalore and Pune, Ragavendran Ganesan was sent to Belgium again almost four years working with a telecommunications company there. His colleagues in Brussels, said the explosion in the subway station was on the route taken daily for work. Since the explosions, however, there has been no contact with Mr. Ganeshan, who hails from Tamil Nadu.

Dhaval Ved, his colleague in Brussels, said there have been more than 24 hours since contact with Mr. Ganeshan stopped. His colleagues have been circulating information through social networks in an attempt to get more information.

In a statement, Infosys said: "Following the attacks in Brussels, Infosys all employees came to the city to find all its employees in the city their whereabouts and safety. With the exception of an employee we are trying to achieve, we have been able to connect with other employees. We are in contact with the missing employee's family and we are working with the embassy and local authorities in India in Brussels to locate our employee on priority ".

Appealing for help in locating national of India, Ms. Swaraj tweeted that spoke to the mother of Mr. Ganeshan in Mumbai. Meanwhile, the Belgian Embassy has said teams had been sent to 234 hospitals where the injured had been hospitalized, and there was no sign of Mr. Ganeshan.