Kochi, The CBI has taken over the investigation into the disappearance of a 27-year-old man from Ernakulam district, who was serving in the Tripura State Rifles and went missing while travelling by train in April 2012, following a direction from the Kerala HC, officials said on Sunday.
The High Court directed the CBI to take over the investigations into both the Ernakulam Railway Police case and the Visakhapatnam GRP case. Balan lodged a complaint at the Ernakulam Railway Police Station on April 13, following which a missing-person case was registered.
During the investigation, railway police found that Bose was last seen alive at Visakhapatnam Railway Station, officials said.
However, he never called again. On April 10, 2012, the family learnt that he had not reported for duty at his unit of the Tripura State Rifles in Dhalai district, officials said.
The following day, he called again and said his mobile recharge balance was running low. He told his family that he would contact them after reaching his workplace.
The case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation, following an order issued by the High Court last month on a petition filed by Bose’s father, P K Balan. The CBI Special Crime Branch filed the re-registered FIR before the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on October 28, officials said.
