London, July 18: An adviser to the British government on Iraqi arms named as the possible source behind a report claiming Britain "sexed up" its dossier on Weapons of Mass Destruction has been reported missing by his family, police said today. David Kelly, 59, went missing from his home near Abingdon, north of London, yesterday after telling his wife he was going for a walk, local police said. The family called police when he did not return home late in the evening.

Kelly faced a grilling on Tuesday by MPs on the foreign affairs committee about what he told a reporter , who filed the original report claiming the government had altered the weapons dossier.
The report sparked a furious row with the government, prompting the official parliamentary inquiry into the intelligence presented by downing street as a justification for joining the US-led war on Iraq in March. Bureau Report