This is not only in Agra, but the entire state is facing the same crisis where hundreds of Pakistanis arrived but never returned and simply vanished. (For representation only) This is not only in Agra, but the entire state is facing the same crisis where hundreds of Pakistanis arrived but never returned and simply vanished. (For representation only)

Top sleuths of Uttar Pradesh's local intelligence unit (LIU) in Agra have no answer as to where the 30 Pakistanis who disappeared in the city of the Taj Mahal are. The 30 have gone missing since 1951, some of them, if they are still alive, would actually be a 100 years old.According to the state government's report, 30 Pakistani citizens arrived in Agra to visit relatives and for other reasons between 1951 and 1982. The authorities looked for them when they did not return on the expiry of their visas. However, none of them could be found at the addresses they had submitted.The search is still on, but there is little hope that any of the missing will be ever found as some of them are undoubtedly dead of old age. These cases are so old that even the LIU has stopped paying much attention to them. A sub-inspector at the LIU said the files will remain open even after they crossed 100 years of age as the record will still show them alive. This fact has been reported to the state government, but there has been no reply from either state government or the Ministry of External Affairs and home.It is possible that these Pakistanis arrived in Agra citing wrong addresses and disappeared immediately after arriving in India. Some of them probably came to Agra just to prove that they have reached their destination and then absconded.An officer verifying the addresses said the neighbours of such missing cases do not cooperate with the police, which makes it even harder to trace these missing people. He said that this is not only in Agra, but the entire state is facing the same crisis where hundreds of Pakistanis arrived but never returned and simply vanished.