Mangaluru: A young man died suddenly and due to this his younger brother got upset and he is missing since then.

Ashith (35) died on Wednesday night and at that moment his younger brother Gaurish (28) called one of his relatives and informed about his brother’s death and said that he cannot live as his brother has died in front his eyes.

They were living together at Jain compound in Attavar. Ashish body has been sent to Wenlock hospital for further procedures and reason behind the death is unknown.

Along with the death case, a missing case is also registered at Pandeshwar police station.

Ashish and Gaurish were too close to each other and they were running a tyre business in the city. One more brother is living in foreign country, said sources.

It is also suspected that Gaurish might have jumped into Netravati River to end his life. After receiving this information of Thursday, search operations have been started.