Semiliguda/Sunabeda: A youth working in the Semiliguda post office has gone missing since today morning. However, suspicion reached heights after a scooter of the staffer was found in the evening at around 5.00 pm at a bridge on Kolab river near Ghataguda under Sunabeda police limits of Koraput district.

A police source confirmed that the scooter belongs to the youth identified as P Santosh Kumar.

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Following this, a frantic search has been launched at the river to find out the youth, suspecting that he might have jumped into it. “We are also probing keeping in mind other angles,” the source said.

According to the senior police official, Santosh who belongs to Gandhi Nagar locality in Koraput left his house riding his scooter. However, his mobile showed ‘switched off’ when the youth’s family tried to contact him. Later, the family contacted some of his colleagues and enquired about his whereabouts.

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After it was known that Santosh was absent and did not join his duty, the family became worried.

On the other hand, some locals spotted the scooter under mysterious circumstances at the bridge and informed police about it. Sunabeda police have launched a probe to locate Santosh.