Hoshiarpur, March 15
Jasbir Singh, a soldier of 10th Battalion of Sikh Light Infantry, living in Ambala Jattan village, had left for home from the Indo-China border on February 26 but has not reached home.On February 26, Jasbir had called home to inform that he was about to depart from there. On February 27, a JCO informed the family that Jasbir had left along with 11 other jawans but went missing after he got down from the vehicle on the way to drink water.Jasveer’s wife Kamlesh Kumari, father Hukum Chand and village sarpanch Harbhajan Singh Dhatt have requested the Army and the Defense Minister to help locate him at the earliest. — OC
Hoshiarpur soldier goes missing near IndiaChina border
HOSHIARPUR: Jasbir Singh, a 30-year-old army jawan from Ambala Jattan village near Dasuya, has reportedly gone missing from near the India-China border in Arunachal Pardesh. He is deployed with the 10 Sikh Light Infantry.
Jasbir’s wife Kamlesh Kumari said he had called up on February 26 to inform that his leave had been sanctioned and he would be reaching home soon. The next day, the family received a call from an army official, who said Jasbir had disappeared mysteriously. “The naib subedar said 13 jawans, including Jasbir, were being ferried in an army vehicle to the base camp, but Jasbir went missing after he alighted to have water somewhere on the route,” said Kamlesh. “We do not know whom to approach,” said Hukam Singh, his father.
