An Appeal : Missing Apurva

Received a forwarded mail about this missing 8 year old Apurva, this post is an attempt to help her parents find her. I was touched by this story, it has been 5 years since Apurva went missing but his father is still searching for her. I tried to validate this email and did a google search, and found the below excerpt from a News interview… ”I want to see her at least once,” says Sergeant Ravi Shankar of the Indian Air Force, breaking down.

Mr Ravi Shankar was posted in CAR-NICOBAR in the year 2004 as a Sergeant in the INDIAN AIR-FORCE. On 26Th of December that year his family fell victim to the unfortunate Tsunami that struck out the eastern coast. He along with his wife and two children (photo below) were washed in the deadly waters. Reaching out his wife managed to cling onto a tree but his small son (picture insight on the left) had swallowed too much water and passed away in her arms. Ravi also in desperation to swim lost grip of his daughter’s (APURVA) hand. She was washed away and was never to be found again. Until one day they came to know of her being sighted at a relief camp. On contacting the authorities they came to know that this little girl was abducted from the relief camp and was missing again. Since then Mr. Ravi Shankar has been travelling to Chennai every year with a hope to see his daughter. He has been publishing  MISSING columns in major Dailys in Chennai.

This is APURVA's picture taken in year 2004 with her younger brother.

I request people who own there personal blog pages to post this girl’s picture there as it could be of significant help. In case any news of any nature is found regarding her (APURVA) please drop in a mail at the below mentioned mail id’s or the following address.

1. James mathew( 123.mathew@gmail. com )

2. Amit kumar ( amitkumarmajor@ hotmail.com )

3.. khem chandra pan ( khemchandrapan@ yahoo.com )

Or contact:

Mr. RAVI SHANKAR

SMQ – 17/2

AF VAYUSENABAD

TUGLAKABAD

NEW DELHI-110062