The Jeelugumilli police have launched a search for 11-month-old Kovvasi Surya Teja, who went missing from his house in R&R Colony, in Buttaigudem mandal of Eluru district, on July 2.
The boy’s mother, K. Ramalakshmi, lodged a complaint with the Buttaigudem police on July 3. Ms. Ramalakshmi said that the child went missing from the bed around 1 a.m. on July 2. The woman was staying with her parents, and two children, in Sarugudu R&R Colony, in Doramamidi Panchayat in the district, while her husband, K. Venkateswara Rao, was staying in the neighbouring village. He is a tractor driver.
The police, who searched in vain for the boy in Doramamidi panchayat, pressed sniffer dog squads into service. The parents and the locals have expressed fear over safety of the toddler as jackals and other animals were noticed in the nearby forests.
