Man missing since rally ‘untraceable’

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have informed the Delhi high court that the whereabouts of a 27-year- old man, who went missing from Nangloi during the Republic Day tractor rally, has yet not been ascertained and neither has he been arrested in connection with the violence during the rally.

The police told the court that it has intimated 25 police stations of the Jhajjar district and also pasted photos of the man, Bajinder, at 10 police stations of the outer district of Delhi to find him.

Bajinder’s brother Baljeet had moved the court, through his advocate Naginder Benipal, seeking to know the whereabouts of his brother.

In a status report, filed by filed by ACP Anand Sagar, Nangloi, before a bench of justice Siddharth Mridul and justice Anup J Bhambhani, police said they have searched for the man everywhere, including hospitals, gurdwaras and night shelters, and also made announcements seeking information but to no avail.

The police said they also conducted searches in his home town and areas in its vicinity but he was not to be found. Police added that they have put up posters across the city to find Bajinder.

The police said they have announced a reward for anyone who would give information about Bajinder. They have also checked the list of unidentified bodies found after January 26; however, no body matching the description of Bajinder was found.

Police said they have checked the list of arrested persons lodged in Tihar jail but Bajinder was not among them. The court, last week, granted the police two weeks to find Bajinder after the force said they have been making all efforts to trace him.