Hyderabad: Indian diplomats in the US were looking for a scientist of Indian origin who has been missing for the last six months. The search was launched after his mother Mallavva of Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh lodged a complaint with the authorities that her son, Orre Ramaswamy, had gone missing.

Ramaswamy, of Morapalli village in Karimnagar district, had migrated to the United States 20 years ago and visited his home only three times since then. Mallavva said that in his last visit he had shown a photo of a girl from Chennai saying he was planning to marry her.

Mallavva said that she had not heard from her son for more than six months and was worried about his safety. “There has been no phone call or any other message from him for a long time”, she said.

Mallavva, facing financial hardship, approached the Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid through the Gulf Returning Members Welfare Society.

The complaint came shortly after the murder of an immigrant from Karimnagar named Goli Venkat Reddy in Ohio. Reddy, 47, was found shot dead in a liquor store.