Trace missing sailor: MLA to Defence Minister

Amethi (UP), May 17

A Samajwadi Party MLA from Amethi on Monday wrote a letter to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, urging him to help find the whereabouts of a missing Indian Coast Guard sailor hailing from the district.

Rakesh Pratap Singh, SP MLA from Gauriganj Assembly constituency, stated that Mohammad Arfan (21), a resident of Umradih village under Jamo police station in Amethi district, had been posted as a sailor in Porbandar (Gujarat).

He last spoke to his mother on April 26 and went to duty, after which nothing is known about him, the SP legislator said. The family was informed about Arfan going missing, but no action was initiated, the letter stated.

The MLA demanded that efforts be made to immediately trace Arfan. — PTI