'7 days without food': Indian origin teenager Aanisha Saathik found after mysterious disappearance in Australia
Aanisha Saathik, an 18-year-old university student of Indian origin, was found a week after she went missing in broad daylight in Sydney's west. She was quickly taken to hospital for evaluation, as she had no money and is believed to have gone without food for seven days.
While police investigated and her parents appealed for help, CCTV footage had captured her roaming aimlessly about 3 km away in a nearby suburb.
It was not yet known where she had been for the past seven days. According to police, she was last seen leaving her home at around 1 p.m. on June 23. She had not taken her mobile phone and did not return home during that time.
Struggle with anxiety and depression
Her parents, Fatima and Sadiq Sathik, had joined the search and issued a public appeal to the community to look for their missing daughter. Police said she had been struggling with anxiety and depression for several months and declined to take medication. Aanisha's father had made a public appeal Monday, asking for help from anyone who might have seen his daughter on the road. Her father said she does not have many friends and only goes to school and comes back home.
“We don’t know what happened to our daughter. We just want her home safe. Seven days, no money, no food. We are worrying a lot. Please help," he had said, adding that his daughter was too shy to ask for help.
Aanisha is the eldest of their three children and scored highly in her HSCs last year. She is studying a double degree in economics but was hospitalised a year ago.
Aanisha is of Indian/Sub-Continental appearance, about 180 cm tall, slim, with long black hair tied in a bun and brown eyes, as per the description in the missing person notice. She was wearing a black hooded jumper, black pants with cream pinstripes, white shoes and gold earrings, the notice said.
(With TOI inputs)
While police investigated and her parents appealed for help, CCTV footage had captured her roaming aimlessly about 3 km away in a nearby suburb.
It was not yet known where she had been for the past seven days. According to police, she was last seen leaving her home at around 1 p.m. on June 23. She had not taken her mobile phone and did not return home during that time.
Struggle with anxiety and depression
Her parents, Fatima and Sadiq Sathik, had joined the search and issued a public appeal to the community to look for their missing daughter. Police said she had been struggling with anxiety and depression for several months and declined to take medication. Aanisha's father had made a public appeal Monday, asking for help from anyone who might have seen his daughter on the road. Her father said she does not have many friends and only goes to school and comes back home.
“We don’t know what happened to our daughter. We just want her home safe. Seven days, no money, no food. We are worrying a lot. Please help," he had said, adding that his daughter was too shy to ask for help.
Aanisha is the eldest of their three children and scored highly in her HSCs last year. She is studying a double degree in economics but was hospitalised a year ago.
Aanisha is of Indian/Sub-Continental appearance, about 180 cm tall, slim, with long black hair tied in a bun and brown eyes, as per the description in the missing person notice. She was wearing a black hooded jumper, black pants with cream pinstripes, white shoes and gold earrings, the notice said.
(With TOI inputs)
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