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Missing PWD engineer’s wife seeks CBI probe

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Alleging foul play in the disappearance of 32-year-old Anand Prakash, an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department in Uttarakhand, his wife Deparchana on Tuesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation enquiry into the matter. Anand went missing from his government accommodation on August 19.

Justice sought

“The Uttarakhand Government has not helped us in any manner. There should be an unbiased enquiry in the matter and justice should be given to me and my six-month-old daughter,” said Deparchana, who arrived in the Capital with her family members to bring the matter to the attention of Central authorities.

Younger brother of Anand Prakash, Ravi Kant Arya said: “Anand spoke to Deparchana on the phone on August 19. He informed her that he suspected that there were some irregularities in dealings and corrupt activities at the PWD and that there were attempts to implicate him as well. A PWD engineer had coerced Anand into signing a bond of Rs. 450 crore related to a PWD project. He wanted to take up the matter with senior authorities when he went missing.”

Missing since Aug. 19

“Anand had also been granted leave from August 19 to September 2 so that he could accompany his father to the Capital for cancer treatment. Yet on the night of August 19 he went missing,” Mr. Arya said.

“The official residence where he stayed was found open and all his belongings including spectacles, mobile phone, money and ATM cards were still there. The Uttarakhand police are investigating the case but not to our satisfaction. They are portraying the case as one of suicide,” he added.

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