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Search on for missing Japanese student

       Agra: The search operation carried out by the Delhi Police for the missing Japanese student, Kota Shinozaki, has led them to Agra. According to Agra Police, Kota had arrived here on September 5, after he went missing from New Delhi on September 3. "As per our investigation he came here on September 5 and went on to look places. He saw the Taj Mahal and then came back to his hotel. On the same evening, he left the hotel and since then he is missing. We have inquired people about him and have looked for him in probable places. We are carrying out the investigation. We will also search for him in Varanasi," said Dilip Mittal, Station House Officer (Agra). The Japanese Embassy, in coordination with the local administration and police has speeded up search for the young man ever since. Kota's parents, Shigru and Eikoms Shinozaki, arrived in India nearly a month after his disappearance. Twenty-one-year old Kota, a Tokyo resident, left for India for a month-long vacation in September. His parents, however, did not have any specific information about his itinerary. Having been out of touch for a long time form their son, Kota's parents notified the Japanese Foreign Ministry after which the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi filed a missing person's report with Delhi Police.
-Nov 9,  2006

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