New Delhi. The mystery of the disappearance of actor Gurcharan Singh, who played Roshan Singh Sodhi in the TV serial ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, has deepened further. Delhi Police found that the actor was using 27 different email accounts due to the fear of being ‘surveilled’ by someone. According to a police officer associated with the investigation, the actor suspected of being ‘surveilled’, due to which he used to change his email accounts frequently.
Actor Singh (51) was to take a flight from here to Mumbai on the evening of April 22, but he did not reach his destination. His father, who lives in Palam, informed the local police when he could not contact him on phone. A case was registered at Palam police station on April 26 under section 365 of the Indian Penal Code (kidnapping with intent to take out of India or secretly confine) a police official said. The officer said that a police team has been assigned the task of tracing the actor’s location from his mobile phone.
The officer said that Singh’s mobile phone was switched off since 9.22 pm on April 22. Based on CCTV footage, his last location was traced to Dabri in south-west Delhi, where he reached in an e-rickshaw hired from near the IGI airport.
The actor owned two mobile phones but had left one of them at his home in Delhi. Another officer said, his last call was to his friend, who was to pick him up at the Mumbai airport.
Police teams have also investigated financial transactions from their bank accounts and credit cards. They show that the last transaction was for Rs 14,000. He had withdrawn this amount from one of his bank accounts on the day of his disappearance. The police officer said that Singh’s financial condition was not good as he had many loans and dues. At least a dozen police teams, including the crime branch and special cell, are working to trace them, the officer said.
Another officer said Singh was a follower of a sect for which he used to visit a meditation center in Chhatarpur, Delhi. The police have taken statements of followers of the sect who knew him. The officer said that police teams have also visited some states like Haryana, Punjab and Uttarakhand to get any leads regarding the case.