chennai it was hearbreaking enough that german couple janin scharrenberg and steffen kagerah who stopped over in chennai while on a world tour to lose their 18monthold black labrador cross luke to thieves on marina beach a false lead on tuesday only made matters worse for the pair who hopes to find their loyal pooch before they have to leave the citythe red herring came from a tea stall owner in kasimedu who meant well but misdirected the couple by informing them that he had seen luke the dog he said had been taking refuge near his shop in singaravelan nagar for the past three daysthe couple travelling the world since april 2016 rushed to the spot only to find a dog with a passing resemblance to luke the couple returned emptyhanded and having barked up the wrong tree urgently started looking for other ways to find their beloved petat 430pm last saturday steffen said he had gone to the harbour to enquire about shipping their car to sri lanka while janin was relaxing on the beach janin soon missed lukes familiar bark and started to look for him but he was nowhere to be foundsome passersby saw an autorickshaw driver take luke with him janin saidon tuesday morning tea shop owner arul from kasimedu called up the couple after seeing advertisements that the couple had taken out in newspapersarul told us that he found the dog outside his shop on sunday morning steffen said he described the dog and we believed it could be luke we were so eager to see himunfortunately it wasnt luke he said arul said he thought the dog could be the pet the foreign couple had lostthe dog did not want to go anywhere but drank milk that i gave him he saidthe couple who came into india on march 5 and travelled from amritsar and rameswaram found luke on the streets while in greece last year janin and steffen have offered a reward for any information about their missing pet theyve asked anyone who can help to contact them at syncrotravelsgmailcom