Kochi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed a comprehensive statewide search to trace 58-year-old hotelier Suraj Lama, who went missing after arriving in Kochi from Kuwait on October 5.

The court also impleaded the state’s Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and the Social Justice Department as additional respondents in the habeas corpus plea filed by his son, Santon Lama.

A division bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and M.B. Snehalatha took the step suo motu after the petitioner’s counsel informed that an impleadment petition had been filed but had not reached the bench.

The court instructed the Government Pleader to obtain detailed reports from the two departments and directed the police to conduct a complete inquiry into every shelter home, destitute home, and home for

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