Madikeri, April 6 -- Deep knowledge of forest paths helps five tribal youths locate stranded IT professional

Thirty-six-year-old IT professional Sharanya from Eyyankode in Nadapuram, Kozhikode district of Kerala, who had gone missing in the Thadiyandamol Hill ranges of Kodagu, was found safe last evening after an intensive multi-agency search operation.

A team of five youths from the local Kudiya and Adiya tribal communities, Aiyappa, Subramanya, Manikanta, Raju and Mani, located Sharanya, ending four days of anxious search efforts.

Sharanya had gone missing on Apr. 2 while participating in a trek to Thadiyandamol Peak, the third-highest peak in Karnataka at 1,748 metres.

She was found about 3.5 km from the Thadiyandamol trekking base...