New Delhi, Aug 12: BSF jawans patrol in Jammu BSF jawans patrol in Jammu A score of Indian soldiers posted in the border areas of the country, most of them in J&K, have gone missing from 1996 to 2010, says an RTI reply. According to the reply given by the Ministry of External Affairs, 18 soldiers went missing from J&K while two disappeared from Gujarat. Havaldar Bhupendra Bahadur Thapa, Netra Bahadur Thapa, Naik Hark Bahadur Rana and Lance Naik Raju Gurang of Gorkha Rifles went missing from Krishna Ghati of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on August 12, 1996, while Captain Avinash Kumar Sharma of 11 Engineer Regiment went missing from the Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir on August 16, 1996, the RTI stated. Captain Sanjiv Bhattacharjee and Lance Naik Ram Bahadur Thapa of Gorkha Rifles disappeared from the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat on April 27, 1997, GNR Virendra Singh of 286 Medium Regiment went missing from the Kaksar Sector of J&K on October 17, 1998, Gopal Das of 8 J&K Light Infantry went missing from Poonch Sector of J&K on August 20, 2000 while Lance Naik Jose James of 5131 ASC BN went missing from Kargil on June 15, 2003, it stated.
Similarly, Krishna Kumar of 6 Engineer Regiment went missing from the Uri Sector in Jammu and Kashmir on August 8, 2003, Mahesh and Sailesh Kumar Shukla of 539 ASC BN from Jammu and Kashmir on July 8, 2005, Naik Sandeep Singh of 234 AER Unit from Jammu and Kashmir since April 26, 2006 while Vikram Singh and Bishnu Rai of 17 Mahar Regiment went missing from Batalik on August 5, 2006.
According to the reply, Havaldar Ranjit Kumar and Rakesh Kumar of 15 Bihar Regiment went missing from Siachin on August 6, 2010. On the same day, riflemen Sewang Dorjai and Karma Namagil of Ladhak Scouts Regiment Centre had gone missing from Leh.
The RTI reply did not mention anything about the reasons behind the disappearance of the soldiers or their present condition, says PTI.
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