Last call of missing Indian in Brussels tracked to metro: Govt

The last phone call of Infosys employee from Bengaluru who has gone missing in Brussels since Tuesday's deadly terror strike, has been tracked to a metro rail in the Belgian capital, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said.

Indian Embassy in Brussels is making efforts to locate Raghavendran Ganesh since the terror attacks at the Brussels airport and the metro which left 31 dead and 300 injured.

"Raghavendran Ganesh -- We have tracked his last call in Brussels. He was travelling in the metro rail," Swaraj tweeted today.

"We are doing our best to locate Raghavendran Ganesh," Swaraj had yesterday said.

Two Jet Airways crew members -- Nidhi Chaphekar and Amit Motwanai -- were injured in the explosions at Zaventem airport and Swaraj said they are recovering well. Both Nidhi and Amit are from Mumbai.

"I have just spoken to Manjeev Puri, our Ambassador in Brussels. He has informed me that Nidhi and Amit are both recovering well," she has said.

Swaraj had yesterday also said government was coordinating with Jet Airways to evacuate Indian citizens.

Brussels airport serves as the European hub for the Mumbai-based airline's international operations, which is now being relocated to Dutch capital Amsterdam from coming Sunday.

Meanwhile, Indian Ambassador in Brussels Manjeev Puri said the Embassy was making all efforts to locate the missing Infosys employee.

"We are making all efforts to locate Raghavendran," he told NDTV. "We have checked all other lists, list of people who have been injured which have been released, not many of them, his name is certainly not there among the four people whose names have been recorded," he added.

There are no lists being released yet, he said, adding, "So we don't know what is the situation there."

Puri said the Indian Embassy was able to establish contact yesterday with a particular point in Brussels where the last contact had been sent.

"We are absolutely committed and duty bound to establish contact with Raghavendran and find him and otherwise locate where he is," he said.

The Embassy had earlier in the tweeted that Puri spoke to Amit Motwani, one of the two Jet Airways crew injured in the blasts at the airport, and assured him of all possible help.

"Amb Puri talked2Amit Motwani & assured him all posibl help. Amit has been shifted from ICU2normal ward," the tweet said.