The Star
BUTTERWORTH: A search has been launched for a lawyer who fell off the Penang Bridge.
The search party, which included a marine police scuba diving unit, is scouring the sea for S. Thilagumaran, 25, who was believed to have fallen off the bridge at about 6am yesterday.
Thilagumaran’s Toyota Vios was found at a lay-by on the island-bound lane of the bridge.
Mechanic Siva Subramaniam, 45, said he saw a man sitting on the concrete railing of the bridge at about 5.45am while he was on the way to repair a car.
Thilagumaran, who works and lives in Kuala Lumpur, had returned to his hometown in Sungai Karangan near Kulim on Monday and stayed the night with his parents.
His father D. Suppramaniam, 58, said his son had left the house early yesterday to buy nasi kandar but did not return home.
The search party, which included a marine police scuba diving unit, is scouring the sea for S. Thilagumaran, 25, who was believed to have fallen off the bridge at about 6am yesterday.
Thilagumaran’s Toyota Vios was found at a lay-by on the island-bound lane of the bridge.
Mechanic Siva Subramaniam, 45, said he saw a man sitting on the concrete railing of the bridge at about 5.45am while he was on the way to repair a car.
Thilagumaran, who works and lives in Kuala Lumpur, had returned to his hometown in Sungai Karangan near Kulim on Monday and stayed the night with his parents.
His father D. Suppramaniam, 58, said his son had left the house early yesterday to buy nasi kandar but did not return home.
Thilagumaran had called a sister who lives in Johor Baru to take care of their parents. He then switched off his mobile phone.
His brother-in-law S. Rajeskannan, 33, who is married to another sister, said the Johor Baru sister then called her parents to inform the family of the phone call.
Rajeskannan, who lives in Kulim, suspected that Thilagumaran could have gone to the island as he was told that Thilagumaran was on a working trip to Penang.
He said he drove to the island to check and found Thilagumaran’s car parked on the lay-by.
His brother-in-law S. Rajeskannan, 33, who is married to another sister, said the Johor Baru sister then called her parents to inform the family of the phone call.
Rajeskannan, who lives in Kulim, suspected that Thilagumaran could have gone to the island as he was told that Thilagumaran was on a working trip to Penang.
He said he drove to the island to check and found Thilagumaran’s car parked on the lay-by.
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