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Whereabouts of nearly 1,800 policemen unknown

Vinay Kumar

NEW DELHI: Nearly 1,800 policemen from Uttar Pradesh have virtually gone "missing" and their whereabouts are not known. The issue came up during the meeting of the Coordination Centre on Naxalism here.

About 5,000 policemen were supposed to have been "transferred" from U.P. to Uttaranchal for patrolling the border areas and terai region where naxalite acitivites have been seen in the recent past. Of them nearly 1,800 policemen were given the "last pay certificate" asking them to join the Uttaranchal police department. But even after a couple of months, the policemen have failed to report on duty in Uttaranchal and their whereabouts still remain unknown.

While the Uttaranchal police department is still hoping that the policemen will join duty, top State government and police officials in Lucknow are clueless about these people .

Several of these policemen were reportedly unwilling to move to Uttaranchal and, therefore, the State government had constituted a committee to whom they could submit their representations.

However, the committee, which was supposed to submit its report by June has still not finalised it. Top Home Ministry officials have now suggested to the U.P. government officials to ask the committee to furnish its report soon and resolve the issue amicably.

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