Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a chef who vanished on his way home from work.

Hiran Chauhan, 24, works at El Capo in the Northern Quarter and lives in the Seedley area of Salford.

On Tuesday night, he finished his shift around 10.30pm and began making his way home with a friend.

The pair first visited the McDonald's in Piccadilly Gardens, then made their way onto the tram, first at Market Street and then St Peter's Square.

CCTV confirms Hiran got off the tram at Cornbrook station at 11.08pm, where he would normally then catch a tram towards Salford and get off at either Langworthy or Weaste.

Hiran never returned to the room he rents in a house share.

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Hiran's cousin Jeana Parmar-Joyce told the Manchester Evening News his family are 'very, very worried' about what has happened to him.

Further CCTV footage recovered over the weekend appears to show Hiran got off the tram at Langworthy at 11.31pm.

"The quality isn't very good but I'm positive it's him. It's a ten minute walk home from there," said Jeana.

"The assumption is he was heading home.

"There are at least three or four different routes he could take and we don't know which one it would be."

"He didn't make it home - where he has gone from that time we don't know."

Hiran is being classed as a 'high-risk' missing person and his family describe him as 'vulnerable'.

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"At the last minute he might have planned to meet someone, that is a possibility," Jeana said.

"We just don't know what has happened to him when he got off that tram."

Police have released several recent images of Hiran who is described as having brown eyes, dark brown hair, of medium build and around 5ft 7in.

He has tattoos on his inner arm and behind his ear, a nose ring, and a stretched earring hole in his ear.

He was last seen wearing a maroon t-shirt, light blue jeans and a leather jacket.

Jeana added that the CCTV footage suggests Hiran still had a McDonald's cup in his hand when he was travelling on the tram and was carrying a dark-coloured backpack.

"Hiran is quite distinctive, when people meet him they remember him, he's a character in that sense," she said.

"It's very, very worrying for us all."

In a statement, Greater Manchester Police said: "Officers are becoming increasingly concerned for Hiran and want to make sure he is safe and well.

"Anyone with information about Hiran’s whereabouts is asked to contact police on 0161 856 5488."