Police have confirmed the body recovered from Auckland harbour is missing student Mandeep Singh. Photo / Supplied
Police have confirmed the body recovered from Auckland harbour is missing student Mandeep Singh. Photo / Supplied
The body pulled from the Waitemata Harbour on Sunday afternoon has been identified as belonging to Indian student Mandeep Singh.
The 20-year-old had gone missing after a night out with friends almost two weeks ago.
Auckland City police have confirmed the body found at 2pm on Sunday by crew aboardpolice launch Deodar belonged to Mr Singh.
His death is now the subject of a Coroner's enquiry.
Police had been looking around the harbour and CBD area for signs of the culinary student, who was last seen in a nightclub at the Viaduct in the early hours of October 11.
He'd been clubbing with three flatmates in the early hours of last Sunday morning before they lost contact with him in the Bungalow 8 nightclub at the Viaduct Harbour about 3am.
Divers searched the harbour for Mr Singh on Wednesday, delaying ferry services for some commuters, but called off the search on Friday.
The search resumed in the weekend till the body was found on Sunday.
