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The Indian Navy has issued a warrant against Odia Navy personnel Saurabh Kumar Patra, who has been missing for over a month. The Navy has dispatched a formal warrant notice to the Berhampur Town Police Station.
Over one month has passed since his disappearance on January 19, 2025, but the police have yet to uncover any concrete leads in the case.
Speaking to the media, Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M informed, “He (Saurabh Kumar Patra) had availed around 20-25 days of leave. He was supposed to fly to Kochi after his holidays. On his day of departure, his family members dropped him at Berhampur railway station. But, he has neither reached Kochi nor has taken his flight from Visakhapatnam.”
“There are two missing person’s complaints in this regard, one with Town Police and the other with Railways GRS. During the probe, we learnt that he disembarked from the train at Icchapuram railway station. We are now looking into where he has fled and why he cheated his family members and the Navy,” he further said.
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Details of Saurabh Kumar Patra's Disappearance:
Saurabh Kumar Patra, a 25-year-old Indian Navy officer from Berhampur, Odisha, went missing on January 19, 2025, while en route to his duty station at INS Garuda in Kochi. Patra, who joined the Navy in 2019, was last seen boarding a train from Berhampur to Visakhapatnam, from where he was supposed to catch a flight to Kochi. His family lost contact with him shortly after he boarded the train, leading to concerns about his whereabouts.
The last detected location of his mobile phone was Icchapuram railway station in Andhra Pradesh, where CCTV footage captured him disembarking from the train and leaving the station premises in an auto-rickshaw.
Investigation and Search Efforts So Far:
The Berhampur police have initiated an investigation, collecting CCTV footage from Icchapuram station and examining Patra's call detail records (CDR). Some of Patra's personal belongings, including his voter ID card, were recovered from the Lanjipalli area of Berhampur while his laptop was found at his residence. The police are exploring various angles, including the possibility that Patra may have returned to Berhampur and potentially proceeded to Bhubaneswar by bus.
