Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (SP)
Beltangady, Jul 23: As per information, the Indian Air Force cargo plane which went missing when flying from Chennai to Port Blair on Friday July 22 was carrying Ekanath Shetty (48) from Guruvayanakere in the taluk.
Ekanath Shetty had taken retirement after serving in Indian Army. Then he had joined the air force.
Shetty had left his village only three days back to his workplace. He was working in the Defence Service Corps (DSC) department of air force. He had told his family that he would not fly on Friday as he had a small surgery. But now since he cannot be contacted, it is believed that he was in the ill-fated air force plane.
It is learnt that officials had called Shetty's wife to inform her that Ekanath was flying in the plane which went missing all of a sudden. His wife works as teacher at SDM institute in Ujire.