Army jawan on leave goes missing from J-K's Kulgam, massive search operation launched
Srinagar (PTI): An army soldier on leave has gone missing from his native Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir leading to security forces launching a massive search and rescue operation, officials said on Sunday.
The father of the soldier, posted in the Ladakh region, said he was supposed to join work on Sunday.
Javaid Ahmad Wani, a resident of Achathal area of Kulgam district, went missing on Saturday evening. His car was found at Paranhall, they said.
His father has appealed to those who might have abducted the soldier to release him alive since he was the only breadwinner of the family.
"I appeal to all the brothers to let him go alive. If he has troubled anyone, I apologise for that. If they want I will get him to quit his job as well," Mohammad Ayoub Wani told reporters.
Wani said his son had gone out to buy meat on Saturday evening as he was to go back to his place of posting on Sunday.
"He told his brother to drop him at the airport tomorrow (Sunday). Sometime later, we got a call that his car was found abandoned with its doors ajar," the father said.
Eyewitnesses claim that there were blood marks in the car but officials did not confirm it.
Police have conducted raids across Kulgam district and adjoining areas to rescue the soldier.
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Six killed in Tamil Nadu hospital fire
Dindigul (Tamil Nadu), Dec 12: At least six persons, including a minor boy, were killed in a fire accident at a private hospital in this district on Thursday, police and Fire department officials said.
All the six were found unconscious in a lift, they said. They were rushed to a hospital where they were declared dead by doctors.
The victims suffocated to death and the Fire and Rescue Services personnel found them inside the lift after evacuating about 30 in-patients of the hospital. The evacuated persons have been admitted in the district GH, the officials added.
The fire was suspected to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, police said citing initial probe.
TV visuals showed fire and smoke billowing from the hospital building, with fire tenders pressed into service to put down the flames.
#TamilNadu: A fire broke out at City Private Hospital on the Dindigul-Trichy road, claiming six lives, including a young boy and three women, and leaving over 20 injured.
— South First (@TheSouthfirst) December 12, 2024
Today, at around 9 PM, an electrical short circuit reportedly caused a sudden fire in the hospital’s… pic.twitter.com/icwEtiU6wc
