A police officer of Telangana probing two sensational murder cases and who had gone 'missing' was on Saturday traced in Andhra Pradesh. M. Venkateswarlu, circle inspector at II town police station in Nalgonda, was found in Bapatla town of Nalgonda district in the neighbouring state.

Inspector General of Police Stephen Ravindra told the media that the inspector was safe and a police team had left for Bapatla to bring him back.