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Jammu, May 18
NO defence personnel in the officers’ rank has been reported missing during the last three years while the number of those missing personnel below the officers rank stood at 24 during this period.
Giving details, a Defence spokesman said that no army official or officer was reported missing in 2004 while their number stood at two and four respectively in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The number of Naval personnel reported missing during the last two years has been just only two while those of Air Force it has been 17.Of these eight were reported missing in 2004, four in 2005 and five in 2006
The spokesman said that when defence personnel remain absent without leave (AWL), efforts are made initially to trace the individual. Subsequently, a Court of Inquiry is ordered to look into the circumstances in which the defence personnel went missing. If the Court of Inquiry establishes that the defence personnel is not a deserter and is missing, the terminal benefits as applicable except death gratuity or ex-gratia are released to the Next of Kin (NOK) of such personnel after one year from the date the individual is reported as missing, in accordance with the laid down procedure. However, in case where the Court of Inquiry establishes that the missing defence personnel are deserter, the terminal benefits are not released. Efforts are also made to apprehend the deserter with the help of civil authorities, the spokesman added.
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