While prayers are on high for the safe return of BSF Deputy Commander Tarun Gupta who is missing since 26th July when he along with his driver Sepoy Uday Kumar were swept in flooded river in Rajouri district. Uday Kumar’s body was found yesterday but Tarun Gupta is still untraced which is raising concern over his safety.

The search operation continues for Tarun Gupta who hails from Udaipur and disappeared while patrolling near the Sunder bank Bridge alongside the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir.

The National Disaster Relief Force, BSF and the Army are executing a combined search operation to recover the Deputy Commander, or get a clue on his whereabouts.

Deputy Commander Gupta has been serving the Nation for almost 10 years now. He and his driver Sepoy Uday Kumar, along with the jeep they were in, were swept away in the river during the heavy rains in the area while they were patrolling the LoC.

Today, in a personal interview with media personnel, the family members of Tarun Gupta have confirmed that the body recovered in the search operation is that of driver Uday Kumar, who is said to have been driving the jeep when the incident took place.

It was informed by Hariprasad Gupta uncle of Tarun Gupta (in photo above), that Tarun’s mother spoke to the last person who saw Tarun in the jeep, Pandit Madanlal.

Madanlal claimed that he tried to stop the vehicle saying that the “Seri Nala” canal is overflowing because of heavy rains and an accident could occur. They apparently did not listen due to the loud noise of the overflowing water.

Madanlal said that the “Seri Nala” where the accident occurred, joins a river which flows to neighboring Pakistan.

As per Harigopal Gupta, Tarun’s shoes have been recovered three to four kilometers from the site of the mishap.

Tarun is an alumnus of St. Pauls School, Udaipur. His mother, Shail Gupta is the ex-Principal of Meera Girls College, Udaipur, while his father, Advocate Ramprasad Gupta died two years ago. Tarun has an elder sister who lives in Gujarat and is married to an IPS Officer.

Tarun Gupta has a wife and a daughter who were living with him in Kashmir, He last visited Udaipur approximately a month ago to celebrate the birthday of his daughter.

Photos from Facebook Profile of Tarun Gupta

Reported by Sohail Khan, also contributed by Zaheer Abbas