Hoshiarpur: Four of the 15 school students here, who recently went the United States on a NASA educational tour, have not returned to their homeland and local police has started investigation into their disappearance.
The students of Doaba Public School in village Parowal were accompanied by their teacher Meenu Sharma during the tour starting on July 21. They were holding visas valid for three months.
Hoshiarpur's police chief Sukhchain Singh Gill has deputed a deputy superintendent of police to look into the complaint lodged by school principal.
Gill said though the students went missing in the United States during their educational trip to the NASA facility, police here has registered the complaint of principal Balwinder Kaur.
The four students have been identified as Sumit Sahni of village Lalian, Baljinder Singh of Ibrahimpur, Arshdeep of Badesron and Dalbir Singh of Chacknoa in Nawanshahar. Sumit's mother Rashwinder Kaur told the media over phone on Sunday that she was not aware about the disappearance of her son along with three other students. She said her son did not contact the family after reaching the United States.
The incident comes close on the heels of two students of Dayanand Model School in Jalandhar - Paramjit Singh and Kunal Bhandari - also disappearing in the United States.
School authorities said they had planned to go missing. Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts of Punjab are known for their expatriate community and willingness of people to settle abroad through legal or illegal means.
Some youth from Punjab went missing in New Zealand last month while on a Christian religious tour.
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