Should I call redirect() from within my Controller or Model in an MVC framework?

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I'm using the MVC PHP framework Codeigniter and I have a straight forward question about where to call redirect() from: Controller or Model?

Scenario:
A user navigates to www.example.com/item/555. In my Model I search the item database for an item with the ID of 555. If I find the item, I'll return the result to my controller. However, if an item is not found, I want to redirect the user somewhere. Should this call to redirect() come from inside the model or the controller? Why?

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