Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS): A woman software engineer has gone missing after leaving for office and special teams have been formed to trace her, police said Friday.

Bhavya Sri Charitha, an employee of Open Texts located in Hitec City, had left for the office from her house at KPHB Colony Thursday morning. Her husband Kartik Chaitanya lodged a complaint with police after she did not return home till late night and her mobile phone was found switched off. He made inquiries at the office, which revealed that she did not turn up for duty Thursday.

Bhavya's husband told police that she left for office in a private cab. A case was registered at KPHB Colony police station.

Cyberabad police have formed three teams to trace the missing techie. Preliminary investigations revealed that her phone was switched off in Dhoolpet area in the city.

Bhavya and Kartik, who hail from Vijayawada town of Andhra Pradesh, had a love marriage in 2012.