Two teenager classmates have gone missing since Monday evening from Chamba town here. The police have lodged a missing persons’ case and activated searches in various locations but more than a day after the boys went missing, no clue has been found about their whereabouts.
At about 4:30 pm on Monday, Mussoorie Road resident Aditya Bhatt, aged 13 years, was visited by his classmate 13 year old Aditya Sagar. After some time, the two left the Bhatt residence saying that they were going to drop a book at a friend’s house. The boys failed to return home till late in the evening considering which their family members informed the Chamba police about it.
The police station officer Devendra Singh Chauhan led the search for the boys. The police and some family members of the missing boys search in various locations in and near the town. On Tuesday morning, the police, SOG and Operation Smile teams also searched for the missing boys in Rishikesh, Dehradun and Haridwar. Aditya Bhatt’s father Mahavir Bhatt said that the missing boys study in Class VII at a private school. The Chamba SO said that the police have lodged the missing report. Various police teams are searching for the boys even outside the Tehri district.
The police expect to resolve the case soon, he added.