INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Jun 06, 2019 15:30 ISTPalwal (Haryana) [India], Jun 6 (ANI): 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.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.Elaborating on how Ashish
joined the Indian Air Force, he said: "Ashish has always had an inclination towards joining the military as almost everyone in our family is
in either Air Force or Army
He completed his early education from Kendriya Vidyalaya and later joined a B Tech course in Kanpur
After working with an MNC for some time, he joined IAF in December 2013
He was commissioned as a pilot in May 2015."Ashish's wife, Sandhya, is who posted in Jorhat as Air Traffic Controller, saw the events unfurl
the day the incident took place
She was on duty when an Indian Air Force AN-32 transport aircraft, carrying 13 IAF personnel, along with her husband, took off at 12:35 pm
on June 3.The flight, which was headed for Mechuka Advance Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh, lost contact with the ground authorities at
1300 hours."The couple had come here last month
After meeting us, they flew to Thailand on a vacation and stayed there for over a week," Singh added
