The body of Borigumma Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) Junior Engineer Venkateswar Rao, who had gone missing on Monday, was recovered from the Haradaguda forest in Koraput district on Tuesday.
The body was recovered from the forest in the presence of the SDPO.
Notably, Rao had gone to Haradaguda village with an SDO, a Junior Engineer and two contractors for site selection for digging up of a tube well. But he went missing later and efforts to contact him on his mobile phone proved futile.
After failing to find him till late night, Rao’s family member lodged a missing complaint with the B Singhpur police. Rao’s wife met Borigumma SDPO in the evening and urged him to expedite the search operation.
“My husband was under mental stress as his salary for the month of December was not released,” said Rao’s wife in her statement.
While questions are being raised on how the JE went missing in broad daylight, police have launched a probe into the matter.