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Jawan goes missing

Thiruvananthapuram: A jawan posted in Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir, who started for his home near Kollam on leave three weeks ago, has gone missing.

John George, 39, a storeman with 58 RCC, the Army’s engineering wing, had left his unit on January 12 by the camp bus to travel by Tatamuri Express to New Delhi from where he was to board the Kerala-bound K.K. Express the next day.

His family is based in East Kallada. John last contacted his wife Sini over phone from Pathankot railway station around 6 p.m. on the day he left the camp, his family said. As per the details gathered from Railway authorities by his relatives, John had purchased tickets for Tatamuri Express and K.K. Express.

“He was to have reached home on January 15. We have not given up hope,” Sini said. —PTI

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