Labourer missing since last 8 days, complaint not yet registered

Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, November 03: A labourer namely Mr Kamal Khan, working at an Army project at Birchgunj under a private construction company, is missing since last eight days, it is learnt.
According to the colleagues of the labourer, Mr Kamal Khan, who was the most vocal labourers among all, had gone to talk to the local head of the private construction company to release pending salary of all labourers, on the request of other labourers.
As per the colleagues, while demanding money from the local head of the private company the conversation turned violent and the agents of the company started beating Mr. Kamal Khan mercilessly, with an iron bar, because of which Kamal Khan reportedly suffered major injuries.
“Looking at the major injuries the local head of the construction Company in Andaman, took Mr. Kamal Khan to hospital and that was the last time he was seen,” said a colleague of Mr Kamal Khan, who doesn’t want his name to be quoted.
It has also been learnt that Mr Kamal Khan has not reached his native Kolkata, yet.
Smelling something terribly wrong, nearly 40-50 labourers on 31st October reached the Pahargaon Police Station at around 7.00 pm, with a public leader of the area to register a missing report and also to register complaint against delay in getting salary.
But as they were not having any photo of Kamal Khan and were unable to convey their concerns to police team of PS Phargaon, the complaint could not be registered that day.
But the fact remains that as per some labourers Mr. Kamal Khan is untraceable even today and all his friends are getting more and more worried. The labourers also told Andaman Sheekha that they are too much scared of the agents of the construction company under whom they are working.
It might be possible that Mr Kamal Khan is in some hospital, it might be possible that from hospital Mr Kamal Khan might have gone to some other place but it is also possible that Mr. Kamal Khan is in great danger and needs urgent help. The Police Department must look into this matter and do something for these voiceless labourers who are totally helpless in these remote Islands.