Mangalore : Mystery which has shrouded the recent case of the reported drowning of a scooterist  in the Phalguni river after  his scooter skidded   while he was travelling along with his wife,  has further deepened with the missing two-wheeler rider reportedly traced at Kundapur.

The mishap was reported to have taken place recently when the rider Srinivas Padakannaya along with his wife Swathi was on way home. Though intense search operation was conducted in the river, the body could not be retrieved.

Meanwhile,  Padakannaya was spotted in Kundapur by someone who informed his father-in-law. The rider has been admitted to a hospital in Mangalore.

Sources say Padakannaya has told the police that he was abducted by some persons who took him to some unidentified location.