The Tribune, Jamuary 28, 2004

Decomposed body of Armyman’s son found

Kurukshetra, January 27
The police has recovered decomposed body of an Armyman’s son who had been missing since January 7. His father alleged that the police did not act to trace him. Amit alias Goldie (13) a student of a private school here, had been missing and his father Gurpal Singh had reported in this connection to the police. Gurpal has alleged that after he had lodged a complaint the police did not take the matter seriously and “delayed the investigations”. However, the police denies Gurpal’s allegations. “We found the body decomposed on January 22 near Gymkhana Club. It had been reduced to a skeleton. After nobody claimed the body for two days, we sent it to the PGIMS hospital at Rohtak for a post-mortem examination,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Anil Dhawan said today. Amit’s body was identified by his father, he said.

A student of class V, Amit was believed to have taken some money from his maternal uncle the day he went missing. He also made payments at a video parlour here, the police sources said, adding they had questioned the owner of the parlour. — PTI