A Canadian national, who was on a bicycle expedition from Mumbai to Bastar region in Chhattisgarh was reported missing in extreme insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh bordering Odisha.
The Sukma district police has launched an intensive search operation to trace him, senior police official said.
The person has been missing since Monday late evening hours from Singamadgu village coming under Kistaram police station limits, Director General, Naxal Operations, DM Awasthi said.
He was on bicycle expedition and left Mumbai for Bastar on March 14 and reached Sukma in South Bastar region on Monday (yesterday), he said.
The Canadian national probably travelled en route from Bhadrachalam in Telangana to reach Kistaram in Sukma where he was spotted for the last time, Awasthi said.
Police launched a search for him soon after receiving a GPS alert from the cyclist, he added.
We only have information about a Canadian national named John Szlazak being spotted in South Sukma on Monday. We are trying to verify the facts, Bastar Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sundarraj P. said.