Person goes missing on Temporary Duty – police come to the rescue

Temporary Duty is a part of life in organization like HAL Nashik where the aircraft it produces are in use in different Air Force bases and the customers want some serious problems to be attended to by specialists on topmost priority. Air Force has its own personnel to handle day-to-day problems but when it comes to specific cases like accidents or incidents, they seek specialist technicians from the factory.
These technicians can be from any discipline and, at times, there are many willing candidates who are ready to undertake an assignment to proceed on Temporary Duty.
One such case was the deputation of a technician to Air Force base in Bhuj. It was a simple assignment. He had to carry with him certain special equipment and some chemicals for a repair team that was already there. The individual was new to such work but had volunteered. Therefore, he was given necessary instructions and, once he had left, a message was sent to the Air Force base to keep them updated.

But, he did not reach the destination even on the third day. We did not give it much importance because there have been instances of delays in transit due to non-availability of railway reservations. However, when he did not reach even after a week, there was panic – a police report was made and they began investigation.
We could provide the police with only his file photograph, the date he left and his destination. We had no idea of which train he had taken and when. The police had a tough time and had to co-ordinate with the railway police as well as the police of Gujarat and, finally, managed to locate him.
He had been found wandering aimlessly on a railway platform and could not tell the police anything about himself. He had lost his memory. And – the items that he had been carrying were missing as were his belongings.
He had been a victim of thieves who had given him some foodstuff to eat in the train and had made him get down at an in-between station, robbed him and left him asleep at the station. (to be continued …)


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