The daughter of a high school teacher fears her dad may have been kidnapped or killed after he went missing while renovating his house in India.<\/p>\n
Sunil Sharma, 66, a maths teacher from Diamond Creek in Melbourne, was last seen at his home in Ashyaana Estate, Amritsar, in northern India near the Pakistan border.<\/p>\n
Neither of his two children have heard from him since he went missing six days ago and his daughter Surbhi Sharma is desperately pleading for help.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad\u2019s 66, like it\u2019s 40 degrees plus in India every day. I\u2019m really, really worried about him. I just can\u2019t understand where he could be,\u201d she told 7News.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe goes to India often, especially since my mum passed away four years ago. So he\u2019s just been trying to sell his properties there so he can come back and retire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Sharma has been told it\u2019s too dangerous for her to travel to India to search for her father herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy brother and I have been told not to go there because it\u2019s not uncommon that family members can also go missing if there is something to do with property or money,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s believed Ms Sharma\u2019s uncle was the last person to see Mr Sharma before he disappeared. There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by the uncle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe local authorities just have CCTV so far of. They knew the painters were at the house, the painters were sent away by my uncle apparently and then they\u2019ve got my uncle\u2019s car coming and going from the house four times.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got my dad coming to the property (in the) morning, going out for an hour in the afternoon, coming back just before 2pm, just before his phone\u2019s off and then my dad is nowhere to be seen, and his car is completely gone.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Department of Foreign Affairs has been contacted for comment. 7News reports it is providing assistance to the family.<\/p>\n