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Candian NRI, Prabhdeep Srawn disappeared in Australia

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  • It is remarkably inspirational words and prayers like the ones Prabhdeep Srawn received today at Dixie Gurdwara (Sikh Temple in Ontario, Canada) that assure us that Prabhdeep will be found and brought home soon. .....READ

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Candian NRI, Prabhdeep Srawn disappeared in Australia... reward increased to $100,000

Native Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Kin of missing Indo-Canadian in Australia double reward

 Sydney, June 10, 2013: The family of an Indo-Canadian man, who went missing in a national park in Australia nearly a month ago, has doubled the reward money they had announced earlier for finding him.

The Srawn family has announced that they will pay A$100,000 to anyone who can find Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, who went missing in the Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian state of New South Wales, dead or alive, media reports said Monday.

The family had announced a reward of A$50,000 last week.

Facilitators of Facebook page 'Help Find Prabh Srawn: Missing Bushwalker', also posted that the family also offered a daily stipend of A$250 for experienced hikers who are willing to join the search operation.

Srawn, of Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario, was last seen May 13 parking his rental vehicle at village Charlotte Pass and entering the Kosciuszko National Park.

A law student of Bond University in Australia's Gold Coast, Srawn was reportedly trying to climb Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in mainland Australia that is located within the park.

Though the family has been optimistic of finding Srawn as he is a master corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces, an Australian Defence Force reservist and has had bushwalking experience, experts feel that the chances of him surviving after so long are slim.

Meanwhile, a company based in Perth, Western Australia, offered an unmanned drone to help in the search operations.

COPTERCAM's drone undertook aerial searches across the Snowy Mountains Sunday and Monday and took around 200 photographs, The Canberra Times reported.

The company's founder, Hai Tran, said that he was not aware of the case till he was approached by Srawn's family.

"They (Srawn's family) did offer to pay, but we weren't interested in that," Tran was quoted as saying.

Another Western Australia-based company, Cyber Technology, is also aiding in the search.

Meanwhile, Srawn's sister, mother and father, who arrived in Canberra May 21, are planning to stay on at Jindabyne town in southeast New South Wales till he is found.....IANS/ NRIpress.com

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  • Srawn's cousin, wife of Dr. Tej Sahota increased reward to $100,000, according to our NRIpress reporter in Toronto
  • Few weeks back, due to due to poor weather, prompting Srawn's family to offer first $15,000, then $50,000 to anyone who "rescues or recovers" him.
  • Mr Srawn set off on the Main Range Walking Track bound for Mt Kosciuszko via Carruthers Peak and Mt Townsend, weather was sunny that time
  • At Carruthers Peak it is believed he was hit with the first cold front of the season, bringing rain, 70km/h winds and 30cm of snow
  • His sister Mandeep Srawn - who with her cousin Raj and her parents Major and Devinder arrived in Australia last week - said yesterday a hiker has told police he saw fresh footprints in the snow ahead of him on the track the following day.
  • He was graduating a law degree at Bond University in couple of months and was ready to come back Brampton, Ontario. He was Canadian army reservist and was enjoying one last sightseeing holiday in Australia before exams

Bond University is Australia's leading university. Students all over Australia and the world seek to study at Bond for its award winning education programs, real world faculty, exceptional staff to student ratio (1:11) and beautiful campus.

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Srawn's family still believe he'll be found alive because he had extensive survivor training and hiking experience.

Srawn was a Canadian Forces reservist from 2005 to 2011, belonging to the 31 Service Battalion's Hamilton Company. Sahota told CBC Hamilton that Srawn had risen to the rank of master corporal and was responsible for his own unit.

That unit did forced marches and cold weather training in northern Ontario, he said.

“They would do sustained cold weather training, with like two or three weeks of being in the middle of the forest with minimal equipment as part of their training. His report indicates that he did all of that with flying colours,” he said.