Ranjit Singh Power murder: Indian police ramp up hunt for body of Wolverhampton businessman

Gian Power told the Express & Star said his family members were in the country having meetings with police in a bid to make a breakthrough in the case.

Mr Power's mother Gurjit Kaur, aged 83, and son Amrik Singh Power have made the trip on the request of Jalandhar police to give a DNA sample for the identification of a body that has been found.

Gian, who has led a campaign with his sister Emma to discover what has happened to their father, said: "The Indian police requested my grandmother's DNA. My grandmother and dad's younger brother have flown out to India and have met with the police and samples have been given.

"They have been having meetings with the police commissioners in India and the police are determined to ramp up the case. It's heavily in the Indian media."

He said all agencies were working together to 'focus on justice'.

"We have British police, the Foreign Office and Interpol all in the loop and it is now getting going from the Indian police," he added.

The investigation into Mr Power's death continues as it was revealed earlier this month that a body sent to the UK from India was not his. This was confirmed by dental records and DNA testing.

"It was absolutely awful finding out that it wasn't him," said Gian.

"The body that was brought here wasn't my father's. There was a body pulled out of a canal back in May and the Indian police are still looking into that."

Mr Power, 54, who owned the Ramada Park Hall Hotel in Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, was last seen at an airport in Amritsar on May 8.

He previously owned the Connaught Hotel on Tettenhall Road before selling it in 2004 and bought the Ramada Park Hall Hotel four years ago.

The father-of-two had travelled to India for business and was due to return on May 14 but never again contacted his family back in the UK.

The Foreign Office is providing consular support to the family.

Daughter Emma previously said she was the 'luckiest daughter alive to have been able to call him my dad.'

She said in May: "My father's love was immense and I cannot put into words how much I will miss him.

"'No matter how old you are, you will always be my little girl' were the words I heard from my dad on endless occasions, followed by one of his trademark bear hugs. No matter how many times we clashed because of our similar personalities, dad was always there for me."

I wish I had the chance to thank him for the strength he has instilled in me over the years.

"I am so proud of his sheer determination over the years.

"He was a strong, proud man. I will keep his memory alive and tell his granddaughter everyday what a kind warm hearted man her Nanaji was.

"I am the luckiest daughter alive to have been able to call him my dad."