Bhubaneswar, July 25: A desk officer of the Culture Department at Lok Seva Bhawan has gone missing for over a month.

The wife of the victim identified as Santosh Dalabehera has lodged a complaint with the Saheed Nagar police station.

His wife claimed that she had last spoken to him on June 26. “I received a call from the department on June 30 regarding his absence from work. I have been running to the police station but the police have failed to trace him. I also strongly apprehend that he might have been kidnapped,” alleged Manjulata Nayak, the wife of the desk officer.