The family members of Rifleman Rangnya Karcho are seeking intervention of the Central Home department and of the government of Arunachal Pradesh in tracin his whereabouts.

Rangnya is a rifleman in the 3th Assam Rifles, stationed in Maram headquarters under Senapati district of Manipur has been missing since 22 November, 2020 and his whereabouts are still unknown despite all-out efforts of the family here in Aalo, West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

The family only received the telephonic information after passing over 100 days and yet to get a formal report or status of Rangnya’s whereabouts.

They are reportedly disturbed and agonized since they received the verbal information from NK/Sub Havildar BN Prasad about his missing. After that, the family filed an FIR at the police station in Aalo.

Rangnya’s brother, Ragmo Karcho and nephew Ige Karcho were sent to the officer-in-charge of Mao police station under Senapati district, Manipur on 4 February to submit a copy of the FIR filed at the Aalo police station.  The OC, in turn, forwarded the FIR copy to the CO 34th Assam Rifle HQ Aina (Manipur).

The family informed that they met the 34th Assam Rifles HQ- Aina Lt Col officer-in-charge on 6 February as the CO was not available.

Later, the officer-in-charge said that they did their best to trace him at different probable locations, like Maram, Tadubi, Makhan, Senapati, Mao Gate (Nagaland & Manipur Border) areas for seven days from 9 to 15 February but failed to find him.

The search team of the family have handed over the records/details of Rangnya and his wife Rebi Karcho to the OC of Mao police station in Manipur and returned to Aalo recently.