MUGHALSARAI, June 28:
Ten Border Security Force (BSF) jawans heading to Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir went missing while traveling in a special army train somewhere in West Bengal or Jharkhand on Wednesday.
Officials accompanying the BSF regiment said that the missing jawans could have alighted from the special train between Bardhaman in West Bengal and Dhanbad in Jharkhand stations.
The train carrying around 83 jawans was heading to Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said that the missing jawans were noticed when officials conducted a headcount during a halt at Mughalsarai railway station on late Wednesday. BSF sub-inspector Sukhbir Singh gave a written complaint to the GRP on the orders of the battalion commander.
As per the BSF complaint, the missing jawans were identified as Pradeep Singh, who reportedly deboarded the train at Bardhaman station while Shiv Singh, Kailash Kumar, Deepak Kumar,Deepak Singh, Amit Kumar, Chavan Singh, Ashwani Kumar, Rohit Verma and Govind Kumar was missing after Dhanbad station.
Following the complaint, GRP, Mughalsarai railway station registered a case in the matter. Sub-Inspector (SI) Jitendra Kumar Yadav, of Mughalsarai railway station told reporters today that 10 BSF jawans went missing from a special train while they were on their way to Jammu & Kashmir.
“Their commander has submitted a complaint to us. We have registered a case and are investigating the matter. 83 BSF jawans were going to Jammu and Kashmir in a special train.
Out of them, 10 jawans went missing somewhere in between Dhanbad and Bardhaman without informing their commander. We have filed an absconding report and have started investigating the matter,” SI said.
Officials said that they would contact to Bardhaman and Dhanbad stations for further investigation. (UNI)
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