Who is Mayushi Bhagat, the Indian who appears on FBI's ‘worst kidnapping list’?

The FBI has stepped up its search for Mayushi Bhagat, a 29-year-old Indian student who went missing over four years ago, by offering a reward of up to $10,000 (RS 8.32 lakh) for information about her whereabouts. She was last seen leaving her apartment in Jersey City on 29 April, 2019, wearing colourful pyjama pants and a black T-shirt. Her family reported her missing on 1 May, 2019, but no agency could find her till date. Now the FBI is seeking public’s help in searching Mayushi. The FBI said that anyone with information about Bhagat, her whereabouts or her disappearance, should call FBI Newark or the Jersey City Police Department. “They could receive a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to her location or recovery,” the statement issued last week said. Who is Mayushi Bhagat? Mayushi Bhagat was born in July 1994 in India. She was in the US on a student visa. Mayushi, like hundreds of other Indian students, travelled to the United States to pursue a career in tech. In 2016, she enrolled at the University of New Hampshire and later transferred to the New York Institute of Technology. The FBI stated in an official statement that she speaks English, Hindi, and Urdu. According to several detectives, she has friends in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Bhagat is described as 5'10" with black hair and brown eyes. She came to the United States in 2016 on an F1 student visa. She was added to the FBI’s Most Wanted Kidnappings and Missing Persons list last year. In July last year, the FBI added Bhagat to its list of “Missing Persons” and sought assistance from the public to help with information about her. According to the Times of India, Mayushi’s father chatted with her via WhatsApp at 12.30 am on 1 May. She stated that she was fine but that she “did not want to be bothered.” She, however, never returned home. With inputs from PTI