Police are searching for a missing father-to-be after he vanished with £5,000 cash.

Mohammed Shar Subhani, known as Shah Khan, was reported missing just before midnight on May 7 after he failed to return to his home in Hounslow, west London.

When he disappeared, Subhani is believed to have been in possession of £5,000 in cash and had attended a police station where had hoped to collect another £4,800, although the money was not available.

Detectives believe if people thought he was carrying £9,800 it could be significant.

Inquiries by the Metropolitan Police found that Subhani, who was in debt, lost his job as a courier, and may have dealt cannabis.

He has a distinctive tattoo on his left forearm with the words inscribed, “Death is certain. Life is not.”

His white Audi Q3, still to be found, was last captured on CCTV travelling south on Whitton Road, in Hounslow.

Detective Chief Inspector Noel McHugh, from the Met’s Homicide and Major Crime Command, said:

“Mohammed, who is also known as Shah Khan, is incredibly close to his family and is only a few months away from becoming a father for the first time, so clearly his absence is having a devastating impact. 

“We cannot reiterate enough how unusual his lack of contact with them is and we are doing everything we can to understand why he hasn’t come home. 

“We believe there are a number of people who may have information which could assist the investigation; but they are staying silent. 

“When you remove the possibility that he took his own life, left the area voluntarily, or had an accident, there is a strong suggestion that there has been third party involvement in him going missing.

“I believe that Mohammed’s disappearance might be linked to some criminality in which he could have become involved.”

The Met has announced a £20,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Subhani, and to the identification, arrest and prosecution of anyone connected with his disappearance.

Subhani’s younger sister, 26-year-old Iqra, has cancelled her imminent wedding following his disappearance.

She said: “There’s days I wake up and I think to myself, what if someone has killed my brother, what if they’ve dumped him somewhere?

“I think of the worst things, but we deserve to know, whatever has happened to Shah, whether he’s alive or whether he’s dead, we deserve to know where he is.

“We deserve him back because he’s ours, we love him and we want him back.”