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Priest turned activist Bismark ‘missing’ Posted by: Navhind Times <http://www.navhindtimes.in/author/user/> November 7, 2015 in Goa News <http://www.navhindtimes.in/category/goanews/> NT NETWORK PANAJI Priest turned social activist Fr Bismark Dias has reportedly gone ‘missing’ since Thursday night from St Estevam. According to police, Fr Dias was last seen near a sluice gate and was accompanied by two fellow villagers (youth). Police said that sandals, wallet, mobile and motorcycle of Fr Dias were found near the sluice gate. A complaint in this regard was lodged by a family member with the Old Goa police on Friday afternoon. Soon after the complaint, a police team rushed to the scene and alerted the coastal police. However, Fr Dias could not be traced, the police said. The police, quoting the two youth who accompanied Fr Dias, said that “all three had gone at the site at night. Subsequently, Fr Dias ventured into the river for a swim, however, the two youth preferred to stay in a hut near the sluice gate.” The police, further referring to the statements of the two youth, said that Fr Dias went back in the water for the second time and thereafter went missing. Since it was dark, the two youth could not search him properly in the river, the police said, adding that, the two then waited in the hut to resume their search in the morning. Since there was no trace of Fr Dias in the morning, the youth left for home assuming that the activist too must have gone home, the police said. Later, a family member conducted a search and found belongings of Fr Dias near the sluice gate and that is when the incident of him having gone ‘missing’ came to light.