The Journey
Mayushi Bhagat was born on July 12, 1994 in India. Like many ambitious young people, she set her sights beyond her country's borders and worked toward something most people only dream about — a graduate education in the United States. She secured an F-1 student visa, crossed an ocean, and arrived in New Jersey to attend the New York Institute of Technology in New York City.
She was fluent in English, Hindi, and Urdu. She had friends in the South Plainfield, New Jersey area. By every available account, she was building a life — doing the hard, quiet work of being a foreign student in a new country, far from family, trying to earn a future.
April 29, 2019
On the evening of April 29, 2019, Mayushi Bhagat was last seen leaving her apartment in Jersey City, New Jersey. She was wearing colorful pajama pants and a black t-shirt — not the clothing of someone planning a long trip or a deliberate disappearance. She left, and she did not come back.
Her family reported her missing on May 1, 2019 — two days after she was last seen. The case was taken up by the FBI's Newark Field Office. It remains open.
What We Know
The details the FBI has released are sparse by necessity. Mayushi was last seen in the evening — not early morning, not at night, but the ambiguous hours of an ordinary day. She was wearing casual clothing. She had friends nearby in South Plainfield. She was enrolled at NYIT and had every reason, on paper, to stay.
There is no public account of what happened after she left that apartment. No confirmed sighting. No explanation. She was reported missing two days later, which means somewhere in those 48 hours, people who knew her first waited, then worried, then made the call.
Mayushi Bhagat came to this country with a visa, a school enrollment, and a plan. This case is not closed. It is not cold in the sense that anyone has stopped caring. The FBI's reward remains active. Her family is still waiting. Somewhere, someone knows something.
If you have any information, please use the contact information below. You can remain anonymous.
Contact the FBI — Newark Field Office
If you have any information about Mayushi Bhagat's whereabouts, contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or submit a tip online. You may remain anonymous.
You can also call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.