Tura, Nov 13: Search and rescue teams have found the missing BSF commandant who went off the beaten track inside Nokrek National Park in Garo Hills, alive and well after more than 8 long hours, shortly after 9 PM Monday night.
A massive search operation was launched after the Commandant of 200 Battalion of Border Security Force (BSF), based in Praharinagar Tura, identified as R N Mishra, went missing inside Nokrek National Park in West Garo Hills district on November 13.
According to sources, the Commandant had entered the vast national park on November 13 afternoon along with his guards without taking local guides.
He was part of a group of BSF officials that had entered the park but decided to trek deeper inside when he went off the beaten track and disappeared.
Search teams with night torches were dispatched as news spread of the officer’s disappearance across Garo Hills. The commandant was ultimately found alive and well inside the Nokrek Park sometime around 10 PM.
“Contact was made with him almost 7 kms inside the park where a Matcha Nokpante or tiger resting place is located”, informed a team member of the search group.
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