A Police Constable who went missing while taking part in an illicit liquor raid was found dead from a lake in Malayalapuram, Kilinochchi, police said today.
The victim was a constable attached to the anti-corruption division in Kilinochchi.
Several officers including the victim had taken part in an illicit liquor raid near a canal in Puduaiyankulam yesterday (14).
During the raid, the suspects had jumped into the canal and swam away from the police. The constable and the other officers had followed the suspects.
The constable had become separated from his fellow officers during the raid and a search was subsequently launched to trace him.