Prashant's father Babu Rao interacts with journalists at his son's house in Kukatpally, Hyderabad.

HYDERABAD: Family members of Prashanth Vaindam , a software engineer who was caught by police in Pakistan 's Bahawalpur were relieved to see him alive 31 months after he went missing from Hyderabad.

The family is now hoping that they will soon get to meet him with the help of ministry of external affairs.

Prashant, 30, was working with Shore Info Tech company in Madhapur when he went missing.

"My son left for office on April 11, 2017 at 9am and did not return home," Prashant's father Babu Rao Vaindam said.

Based on the complaint lodged by Babu Rao, Madhapur police registered a missing case on April 29, 2017.

"Ever since Prashant went missing, we have not heard from him. Yesterday, we saw on TV channels that he was caught in Pakistan. We also saw the video of him talking in Telugu saying that he was arrested in Pakistan. Now we know he is alive. We will contact police and ministry of external affairs to get out son back," Babu Rao said.

Rao is a 63-year-old retired private employee. While some news reports in Pakistani media described Prashant as an Indian spy, his family members called those reports baseless.

"My son is a soft-natured innocent man. He is not a spy. I do not know exactly how he ended up in Pakistan. I have seen in news reports that he was in love with some girl in Switzerland and went in search of her. He mentioned to us about a woman colleague whom he liked," Rao said.

