He told me he would come back but it has been four days since I have heard from him, says Saroj Tanwar, mother of Flight Lieutenant Ashish Tanwar, who was flying the AN-32 aircraft which went missing over in Arunachal Pradesh, who is inconsolable.
He told me he would come back but it has been four days since I have heard from him, says Saroj Tanwar, mother of Flight Lieutenant Ashish Tanwar, who was flying the AN-32 aircraft which went missing over in Arunachal Pradesh, who is inconsolable.
"I am sure the aircraft has crossed over to China. Why is the government not talking to the neighbouring country to fast-track the operation? The search operation is going on but we have been told that due to bad weather, they could not locate the aircraft. My son told me that he would come back, but it has been four days since I have heard from him," Saroj Tanwar told ANI on Thursday.
1. Ask PM Modi and Rajanth for help
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Every passing hour the desolated family awaits the news of the recovery of the aircraft. The grieve-stricken mother further put forth her desire to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
"There are over 4 lakh army personnel in the eastern sector. Why can't they deploy them there to look for our son? We suspect that the aircraft has crossed over to China. This must be taken into account. Appropriate manpower must be put into work to find the aircraft," Ashish's paternal uncle, Udayvir Singh, said.
2. 13 missing
After hearing the news that the aircraft had gone missing, Mohit's father Surinderpal Garg and uncle Rishipal Garg had left for Assam. The flight lieutenant's brother Ashwani said the family was praying for his safe return. Mohit had got married a year ago and his wife is posted at a bank in Assam. A massive search operation was launched as the IAF aircraft lost contact with the ground staff after taking off from the Johrat airbase in Assam Monday afternoon
. Thirteen people, including eight aircrew members, were onboard the IAF aircraft that had taken off for the Menchuka advanced landing ground near the China border on 12.27 pm. The AN-32 is a twin-engine turboprop Russian origin aircraft and the IAF currently operates a sizeable number of it.
