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47. Army and GREF personnel may also be reported missing when not in operations due to
various circumstances. A few examples are cited below :-
(a) A person might have drowned in a river and his dead body not recovered or seen
by a reliable witness.
(b) A person might have been on board of an aircraft which is missing and
consequently no trace has been found of him.
(c) A person involved in a skirmish whilst in aid to civil power to maintain internal
security might have been killed but his dead body not recovered or seen by a reliable
witness.
(d) Individual leaves unit/home town to proceed home/rejoin from leave but does not
reach his home town/unit.
(e) Individual moves from one unit to another on temporary duty/attachment/posting
but does not reach the designated destination.
(f)
Individual disappears from the unit lines.
(g) Individual gets killed in a vehicle/work site accident/hostiles/natural calamity but
his mortal remains is not traceable.
Rules for Reporting Personnel Missing
48. The following instructions will be strictly adhered to while reporting personnel as
missing :-
(a) A person will be regarded as missing with effect from the day following that on
which he was last seen, irrespective of the fact came to notice at a later stage on date.
(b) A „missing‟ casualty will not be reported or published until 72 hours from the
date he became missing i.e. 96 hours after he was last seen.
Procedure for Presumption of Death of Missing Personnel
49. The Instructions regarding procedure for presumption of death of missing personnel are
contained in G of I, Min of Def No A/01831/Org3/(RR&C)(i)/ 11420/D(AG-1) dated 14 Sep 64.
The case of GREF personnel will be referred to DGBR for taking up the same with Govt for
orders. In this connection please refer to DGBR letter No. 69569/DGBR/E1C dated 11/18 Feb
1986, 15103/PD/Policy/DGBR/ E1C‟B‟ dated 28 Mar 1994 and 15103/PD/
Policy/DGBR/E1C‟B‟ dated 15 Jul 1997, 15103/PD/POL/DGBR/E1C ‘B’ dated 19 Jan 2000
and 15103/PD/POL/ DGBR/10/E1C ‘B’ dated 13 May 2009.
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