Bramhapur: A first-year MBBS student went missing from his college in Odisha’s Ganjam district, prompting police to launch an intensive search, officials said Wednesday.
Sagar Sahoo, a resident of Kaplai near Kuakhia in Jajpur district, has been missing since Monday, they said.
Sagar, who was a student of the MKCG Medical College and Hospital, was last seen at the Berhampur railway station, where police later recovered his mobile phone.
Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M said a missing persons case was registered at Baidyanathpur police station based on a complaint lodged by medical college dean-cum-principal Hari Krishna Dalai.
We have verified the CCTV footage at the railway station and intimated other police stations, the SP said, adding that efforts were underway to trace the student.
Karunakar Sahoo, a relative of the student, said he had spoken to Sagar Saturday and to his parents Sunday.
Sagar had expressed his desire to return to his village Saturday night, but his parents advised him to remain at the college as his examinations were in progress, Karunakar said.
When Sagar did not respond to repeated calls Monday afternoon, his parents contacted one of his friends. The friend informed them that Sagar had not appeared for the examination that day and had not returned to the hostel, he said.
The family subsequently circulated his photograph on social media and conducted searches at various places, Karunakar said.
Medical college officials, however, said Sagar had appeared for the first paper of the examination, Anatomy.
We have intimated the matter to the police. His parents have also arrived in Berhampur after the incident, the principal said.