Santok Singh Bumrah.

AHMEDABAD: Santok Singh Bumrah , 84, grandfather of Indian cricketer Jaspreet Bumrah , was reported missing from the city from December 8. Santok Singh had reportedly come to the city from Uttarakhand to meet the cricketer but he was allegedly not allowed to meet or talk to him. He had not returned home after that. Vastrapur police have registered a ‘missing person’ case and launched a search for him.

Police said Rajinder Kaur Bumrah, Santok Singh’s daughter who lives in Vastrapur near Sanjeevani Hospital, had reported Santok Singh missing on Friday night. According to her statement, Santok Singh had approached Jaspreet’s mother, Daljit Kaur Bumrah, at 1:30 pm on Friday and requested that he be allowed to meet the cricketer. However, he was not allowed to meet or talk to him. After that he is nowhere to be seen.

MM Jadeja , inspector of Vastrapur police station, said that a search for Santok Singh had been started with his photograph.

Rajinder Kaur told journalists that it was Santok Singh’s wish to meet Jaspreet once. Earlier too he had attempted to meet him but was not successful. The family is worried as Santok Singh had made two calls to the family, bidding adieu, as if he intended to commit suicide. Bumrah’s family, however, refused to comment on this.

Family members said that earlier Santok Singh had owned three fabrication units in the city. After the death of his son Jasbir Singh, Jaspreet’s father, he had relocated to Uttarakhand after selling off the business to pay debts. He now works as an auto driver, the family said.

