C’garh teacher is missing at Wagah
Family members of a school teacher from Chhattisgarh, who went missing at the Indo-Pak border at Wagah three weeks ago, on Sunday appealed to chief minister Raman Singh to take steps to locate him.
There was no trace of Ram Gopal Nishad, headmaster of Bhillai Nagar Government Primary School, nearly 30 km from here, ever since he landed at Wagah border on October 31 along with six of his colleagues, who were on a vacation.
His colleagues have already filed a missing report in the Pangarh police station in Wagah after they failed to locate him.
According to Mr Nishad’s family members, the seven-member-team had left for Wagah on the fateful day after paying visit to Golden Temple in Amritsar. While visiting Wagah, Mr Nishad went missing. His colleagues waited for him for a long time there. But, when he did not return, they reported about his missing in the nearby police station and then left for Vaishno Devi in Jammu.
Later, the team barring Mr Nishad reached Bhillai in the first week of November and reported about his missing to his family members.
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Mumbai’s top cop confident, reality differs
Age Correspondent
Mumbai, Nov. 25
While accepting problems in the coastal security, Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh also expressed confidence that the police is fully prepared to face any eventuality. However, the ground realities are different.
The four amphibious Sea-Legs patrol boats, purchased by the Mumbai police in 2009, have seen regular breakdowns owing to maintenance issues. Two of the boats were out of action for several months between 2010-2012 for deficiency in maintenance.
The coastal security plan included setting up of coastal police stations, buying boats to patrol the coastline and a renewed effort of coordinating with the Indian Navy and Coast Guard by way of holding periodic review meetings and security drills.
However, only a temporary Sagari police station is functional in Mahim.
Mr Singh also said that the government has approved a plan of recruiting 60,000 more men for the state police but clarified that the number of men to be diverted to the city is yet not decided.
Responding to a question of ageing weaponry used by the police, Mr Singh said that the .303 rifles, the mainstay of the police, are being phased out in a in a systematic manner.
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