Overview
- The FBI announced the reward Monday on X, seeking information that could locate or recover Bhagat.
- Bhagat, an Indian national studying at the New York Institute of Technology on an F-1 visa, was last seen leaving her Jersey City apartment on April 29, 2019 and was reported missing on May 1.
- The case was added to the FBI’s Missing Persons list in July 2022, and her poster appears on the agency’s Most Wanted site under Kidnappings/Missing Persons.
- The investigation involves the FBI Newark Field Office, the Jersey City Police Department, and the New Jersey State Police, and authorities urge anyone with information to contact the FBI or local police.
- The bureau’s new post drew questions online about its timing seven years after the disappearance, which could still help jog memories or prompt new tips.