HT Correspondent
MARGHERITA, March 13: Johan Dhanowar, an Adivasi youth aged about 42 years and resident of Khamanpathar under the Margherita Police Station in Tinsukia district, has been missing since March 8, when he went to Bangalore with his friends Franchis Aind from Khamanpathar and Mazla Satnami from Ulup, under the pretext of finding a job.
The wife of the missing Adivasi youth, Johan Dhanowar, stated that the two Adivasi youths, Franchis Aind and Mazla Satnami, informed her husband about a job opportunity in Bangalore and purchased train tickets. However, on March 8, both Franchis Aind and Mazla Satnami arrived in Bangalore while her husband went missing and his mobile phone was switched off.
The wife of the missing Adivasi youth, Johan Dhanowar, has lodged a missing report at the Margherita Police Station and requested the Margherita Police and the Margherita Sub-Divisional Administration (Civil) to find her missing husband.
Sanjay Barla, vice president of the All Adivasi Student Association of Assam (AASAA) Margherita regional committee, expressed concern that the missing Adivasi youth, Johan Dhanowar, may have fallen into the trap of a human trafficking gang. He noted that several times Adivasi youth from Assam have been reported missing, and he appealed to the Margherita Police and the Margherita Sub-Divisional Administration (Civil) to find Johan Dhanowar.