Guwahati: An Assam Police constable posted in Guwahati, who was purportedly suffering from serious physical and mental health issues, has been reported missing, leading the city police commissionarate to launch a search operation, an official statement said on Tuesday. Some of her personal items, including a mobile phone, were recovered from the in the morning, it said.
The statement issued by the Guwahati police commissionerate said that Gayatri Hazarika was reported to be unreachable since 6 pm on Monday by her roommate Juri Baishya, also a police constable. Baishya said that Hazarika was suffering from serious health issues and was depressed and had left their rented house, stating that she was going to Amingaon on some official duty.
As Hazarika was not present at Paltan Bazar police station, where she is posted, and also not contactable over the phone, Baishya lodged the missing person report at the same police station late on Monday night, the statement said. Police teams were activated to trace the missing constable and at around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, a mobile phone, a pair of spectacles, and footwear belonging to Hazarika was found on the old Saraighat bridge. Amingaon, which falls under the Kamrup district, can be reached from Guwahati (Kamrup Metropolitan district) by crossing the Saraighat bridge over the Brahmaputra River.