Winnipeg police, family searching for 31-year-old last seen in North End nearly a week ago

The family of a missing 31-year-old man is canvassing the area where he was last seen in search ofany leads as to where he is now.

Amninder Grewalwas last seen in the city's North End around 6:30 p.m. on April 15, Winnipeg police said in a Wednesday news release.

"This isn't something usual that he'd do. He has never left home, he has never been away from home for such an extended period of time,"said his sister-in-lawManpreet Grewal.

"We're not sure what he was up to."

Amnindertold his mother on April 15 that he was going to Kildonan Place mallon Regent Avenueto pay acellphone bill. From there, he called a taxi and was dropped off in Winnipeg's North End, a cab driver told the family.

His family didn't immediately realize he was missing.Grewallives inthe East Kildonan area with his father, who thought he went to his brother's for the weekend. His brother, meanwhile, thought Grewal was with his father.

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A family continues to search for an East Kildonan man who's been missing for a week. Amninder Grewal was last seen leaving a cab in the city's North End last Thursday and there's been no trace of him since.

The family discovered he was missingMonday, when one of his co-workers called to say he hadn't shown up to work for a couple of days,Manpreet Grewal said.

The family has tried calling his cellphone but there has been no answer, she said.

Amninder is "very quiet and private," and to the family's knowledge, he hasn't been diagnosed with any mental illness, Manpreet said.

After a Facebook post by thefamily,the cab driver the last person to seeGrewal responded, saying he dropped himoff at Selkirk Avenue and Main Street around 8:30 p.m. on April 15, she said.

The family has searched around Point Douglas and put up flyers around Selkirk and Main.

"It's hard for everyone," said Manpreet Grewal.

"The fact we hadn't known he was missing until his workers called to let us know he hadn't been to work, we feel like we're really behind in trying to find him, so it's stressful."

Grewal is five feet 11 inches tall and thin, weighing about 165 pounds. He has short black hair and a fullbeard.

He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a hoodie, police say.

Anyone with information about Grewal's whereabouts is asked to call the Winnipeg Police Service's missing persons unit at 204-986-6250.

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