Last month, Border Security Jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav created a ripple in the BSF’s management system through a set of videos wherein he reported that the Jawans are disregarded in terms of food and essentials.

He garnered massive support from netizens. His videos were shared extensively.

Recently, the wife of a Border Security Force jawan filed a habeas corpus plea in the Delhi high court on Thursday claiming that her husband is untraceable and the family has been unable to contact him for last three days.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Yadav’s brother-in-law Vijay said the family is trying to contact him and even wrote two letters to the BSF, but has not got any reply.

 “Yadav last spoke to his wife and said that the BSF officials are taking him to an unknown location. But couldn’t speak further. We have sent two letters to the DG, but have not got any response so far,” said Vijay.

Lashing out at the BSF for canceling the Voluntary Retirement Service (VRS) of Yadav, Vijay said,

“As if Yadav was from another country, they canceled his VRS and initiated an inquiry against him. They could have ordered the probe after giving him VRS. Our family is very upset.”

Earlier on Monday, Yadav’s wife Sharmila and her brother Ranbir Singh met paramilitary Director General KK Sharma at the Force’s headquarters in the national Capital.

Though officials said that DG Sharma assured the family of a fair inquiry, Vijay said the response of Sharma was not very positive.

The BSF had recently rejected the voluntary retirement plea of Yadav. The move by the country’s largest border guarding force had not been seen kindly by Yadav’s family which had alleged that the trooper was being “threatened and tortured mentally“.

Yadav’s wife had claimed that her husband had called her and claimed that he was being threatened and harassed and that he has been put under arrest.

She has sought a high-level inquiry into his disappearance as well as the recent rejection of his plea for voluntary retirement.

On the other hand, Officials in the force had said that as per the laid down procedures under a Court of Inquiry, all witnesses in a case are questioned by the probe team till the investigation is complete.

The trooper is also facing charges of indiscipline for uploading the social media post and also on various other counts and hence in such a case the privilege of granting a VRS to an employee is disallowed, they had said.

The video shot by Yadav in which he was complaining about the quality of food, had gone viral last month triggering a flurry of reactions with the PMO also seeking a detailed factual report on it from the Union Home Ministry and BSF.

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