Mysteries of the missing

By Shaun Inguanzo
A NOBLE Park pensioner has disappeared without trace or reason, says his distraught son.
Mahalingham Sinnathamby lived alone in Noble Park for 10 years after fleeing Sri Lanka due to political turmoil.
His son, Uthayakumar Mahalingham, this week said his father disappeared between August and November last year, during which time he failed to return calls and respond to knocks on the door. Mr Sinnathamby, 68, is now on the police missing persons list but his family fears the worst.
Mr Mahalingham said his father, a pensioner, had not withdrawn from his bank account since disappearing.
“If you have no money then you cannot buy things,” he said.
“After one year of not withdrawing money I want to know what has happened. Is he still alive?”
The family has sent out a plea for information to the public in order to bring closure to the case and their pain.
The stress forced Mr Mahalingham to quit his job and his wife Pamini said he had been chronically ill since his father disappeared.
Mr Mahalingham was in Melbourne on Sunday to help promote National Missing Persons Week at the Victoria Police Centre.
He said he could not comprehend how people could just disappear.
“Too many people are missing. There was one case there of a person missing since 1969,” he said.
“Why has this happened to my father?”
Mahalingham Sinnathamby is described as 175cm, of thin build with grey hair and olive complexion.
Please report any information to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.