The district police here on Saturday launched a probe to trace a civil police officer who went missing from the police quarters here during the day on Saturday.
Officials said the person, identified as Muhammad Basheer, a Civil Police Officer attached to the Kottayam East police station, had gone missing from morning. During a preliminary investigation, the police found that the person had reached the Kottayam railway station in the wee hours of the day. He is learned to have contacted his family from a pilgrimage centre in Tamil Nadu later in the day
Official sources said the person had been under severe mental duress owing to his duty obligations. A case has been registered.
