Police officer who went missing 15 years ago, found begging by former colleagues

A police officer who had gone missing 15 years ago, was accidentally found begging in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior by two of his colleagues.

DSP Ratnesh Singh Tomar and DSP Vijay Singh Bahadur, while driving noticed a beggar who was shivering with cold on a footpath and was searching for some left-over food.

They decided to help him. However, they were stunned when the beggar called Bahadur by his first name. Upon noticing him closely, they realised that the beggar was none other than their batchmate from the 1999 batch, Manish Mishra, who had gone missing in 2005 while being posted as an Sub Inspector in Datia.

"Mishra was a good athlete and sharp-shooter who joined the police force along with us in 1999. He began to suffer from mental issues after some years. His family got him treated, but one day he went missing. All these years, nobody knew his whereabouts," said Tomar.

Mishra has now been shifted to a local NGO. He will stay at the NGO till further arrangements are made for him.