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Father Of Bride Missing Following Wedding Reception Near Sacramento

WALNUT GROVE (CBS SF) -- A father is missing after attending his daughter's wedding celebration near Sacramento according to police.

Prasad Moparti has been missing since Saturday following his daughter's wedding reception at the Grand Island Mansion in Walnut Grove on the Sacramento Delta.

Moparti appeared smiling in photos taken during the reception, but his daughter told CBS 13 Sacramento that her father seemed troubled after arriving from India.

"It sounded like he was a little depressed and he wanted to go back to India," Durga Moparti told CBS 13.

Groom Rajesh Gutta said his father-in-law wanted to go for a walk after the wedding ceremony.

"For the last few days he's a little bit … I'm not sure what the reasons, but he's not doing well," Gutta said.

Moparti was found to be missing when it was time for the wedding party to leave for the Bay Area.

Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies, K-9 officers and relatives have been searching the area around the Grand Island Mansion while dive crews have been searching the waterways.

Moparti is a dark-skinned, East Indian man, 5 foot 10 inches, and about 180 pounds. He was wearing traditional Indian wedding attire – a brown/gold-colored kurta silk top with cream-colored trousers.

Police said Moparti had recently arrived in the United States in January and is not familiar with the area.

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