Chander Mohan remains elusive

However, official government work has not suffered in his absence, according to Sant Raj, PA of the Deputy CM. 8220;We have been sending the important files to the Chief Minister directly by noting 8216;away8217; as far as the Deputy CM is concerned,8217;8217; he said.

Sant Raj, who has been on sick leave himself for almost a month now, said Chander Mohan had signed some official files about 10 days back 8220;from somewhere outside the office8221;. All attempts to contact Chander Mohan8217;s wife proved futile. She is staying at the residence of Chander Mohan with her daughter. Her elder son is away studying in London . Chander Mohan8217;s father, Bhajan Lal, too, is not in town. A member of the staff at Chander Mohan8217;s residence, Ranjit Singh, said he was not aware of his employer8217;s whereabouts.

Even Yashpal Singhal, IG, Securities VIPs, said he was not aware of the whereabouts of the Deputy CM, though the commandos deployed for his security were with him. He said they had not reported anything about the Deputy CM. Some television channels, however, reported today that Chander Mohan had claimed that he was not well and was getting treatment outside Chandigarh. Yesterday, Chander Mohan8217;s younger brother Kuldeep Bishnoi had claimed that he had spoken to Chander Mohan on the phone and his brother told him that he was in Vaishno Devi last week.