Railway police's two-year-old German Shepherd, Veera, went missing last month while he allegedly went chasing after some strays during a routine exercise run
Veera has been missing since March 2. Pic/Rajesh Gupta
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Veera is an expert at sniffing out narcotics like charas and marijuana
The GRP then filed a complaint regarding his disappearance at the Pant Nagar police station, who have been looking for him since. Rohini Kale, senior inspector at Pant Nagar confirmed the complaint. Another officer said, "We scanned a lot of CCTV footage from the area and in one, he was seen walking but later, he couldn't be spotted anywhere." At one point, they thought they'd found him. An officer said, "We found a dog who looks like Veera, but when GRP checked him, they said he was not the one."
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Cops have also posted his picture on social media but haven't mentioned what he does to avoid controversy. They welcome any information anyone has on him. As for his handler, senior GRP officials said his disappearance is a failure of the staff in whose presence he ran away. A departmental inquiry has been initiated into the incident under Avinash Kavthekar, senior inspector, Churchgate GRP.
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