THE desperate search for a missing student has now entered its tenth day – as his heartbroken family have pleaded for him to “come home”.
Aryan Sharma, 20, was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of Saturday, November 23, on Meadow Lane near Loughborough, police say.
His devastated loved ones have also told how they “just want him to be OK” as the urgent search nears its third week.
Aryan is described as a 5ft 5in Asian male with a slim build and collar-length black hair.
He was last spotted walking towards Stanford-on-Soar at around 12:30am on November 23, wearing a black trench coat, shorts, and black trainers.
The robotics student, who attends Loughborough University, last had contact with his family on November 22, hours before he vanished.
Police have continued their gruelling search operation, which on Monday focused on the Stanford Viaduct area.
The search has included specialist underwater divers, police choppers and officers in canoes combing the region.
Divers were deployed to a stretch of the River Soar between Meadow Lane and Cotes on Friday.
The operation has been hampered by terrible weather conditions which have included gales and heavy rain.
Before his final known sighting, Aryan was seen hours before on November 22 at around 9:20pm leaving his home.
But following his final appearance in the early hours of November 23, his whereabouts are currently unknown.
