Hyderabad, Jan. 27 -- Telangana High Court has asked the Director General of Police (DGP) to locate missing Communist Party of India (Maoist) member Chandan Mira and his wife by Monday, January 27.

The court's direction comes after a Habeas Corpus petition was filed. It is to be noted that the couple was allegedly detained by men in plain clothes claiming to be cops, from their Jagathgurigutta residence, in Hyderabad, late on Friday night, the petition stated.

Filed by Professor Gaddam Laxman, president of the Civil Liberties Committee, the writ petition claimed that Swathy is a housewife and not a Maoist. He also raised fear over Misra being killed in an encounter.

Representing the professor, counsel D Suresh Kumar stated that over 24...