Hyderabad, July 28 -- Telangana police have launched a manhunt for trainee IPS officer Mulagani Uday Krishna Reddy after the high court refused him interim protection from arrest in a sexual harassment case involving a fellow trainee IPS officer.

Police said Reddy was untraceable at both addresses mentioned in his petition. The probe is now being conducted by inspector Jyothsna, who will work under the supervision of SHE Teams DCP Lavanya Naik Jadhav.

Jadhav recorded the statement of the woman trainee IPS officer, who lodged the complaint, in the presence of senior police and academy officials.

According to a senior police official, Uday Krishna Reddy could not be traced at both the locations, addresses of which he had mentioned in his...