Bhubaneswar, Jan 22 (PTI) A 26-year-old junior-level Navy official went "missing" after he left his home town Berhampur in Odisha's Ganjam district to join duty at a Naval unit in Kerala's Kochi, his family said on Wednesday.

Sourav Kumar Patra, who joined the Indian Navy in 2019, had come home in December for a marriage ceremony, his brother Sameer said.

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“He left early on January 19 and took a train to Visakhapatnam, where he was supposed to catch a flight to Kochi at 12:30 pm. However, his phone has been off since that morning,” Sameer added.

His family members lodged a missing complaint with the Berhampur Town Police Station on Wednesday, based on which a case was registered and a probe initiated, a senior officer said.

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Sameer requested the Odisha Police and the Indian Navy to trace his brother at the earliest.

"During preliminary investigation, the police found that Sourav's last mobile location was at Ichchapuram, a nearby station from Berhampur. Further investigation is under progress," the police officer said.

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