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KHARAR, MARCH 18: Dr Ajaywant Singh Cheema, incharge of the government dispensary at nearby Machhli Kalan village, who has been missing since February 26, “was today traced at some religious place.”
Disclosing this over phone this evening, Roopnager SSP Jaskaran Singh told Newsline that this information had been given by the family members of the doctor to the police in writing. He said that they had also pleaded with the police not to act on the previous complaint lodged with the police about the disappearance of the doctor.
When asked about the religious place from where Dr Cheema has been traced, the SSP said that this was not in his knowledge. He said that the police would record the statement of Dr Cheema after his return home.
On the other hand, Dr J.S. Cheema, brother of the missing doctor, when contacted this evening, said that the SAS Nagar SP Bachan Singh Randhawa had informed him that the police had got a vital clue on the whereabouts of Dr Ayaywant Singh Cheema and it was expected that he will return within the next two to four days.
He said that the SP had disclosed him that the missing doctor had gone on a pilgrimage. Dr Cheema added that the SP had not disclosed the place where the doctor was staying put at present, but had given hinted that he could be at somewhere in Ambala, Dehradun or Poanta Sahib. The brother of the missing doctor did not react when told about the version of the Roopnagar SSP in this matter.
