Missing Sang student remains untraced, family grows desperate

GANGTOK, 27 May: 14-year old Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, the Class IX student who has been missing from Sang Government Senior Secondary School since 23 May, remains untraced and the desperation of his family and friends has understandably reached panic levels. The distraught father, Surya Prasad Sharma, even as he makes desperate appeals for help in finding his son, is demanding answers from the school authorities. The student, it may be recalled, was ticked off on disciplinary grounds and sent away from school on Wednesday and told to bring his parents to school. The student did not return home and has not been heard of since then.
The father informs that he has looked everywhere for his son, but come up with no leads on his whereabouts.
“I had sent my son to school and if he was caught for any offence, the school authorities should have informed me directly rather than sending the child back home in such a scared state,” he said. He also alleged that the school authorities have not come forward with any help or assistance. “I demand from the government and the authorities concerned to bring back my son alive and in good health,” he adds.
Bhanu, incidentally, is an only child.
The father also stressed that once he finds his son, he will never send him to school again.
He is being assisted in the search for his son by the All Sikkim Students Association, whose president, Rohan Gurung, appealed to all concerned authorities to initiate every possible step in tracing the missing student.