Vanished into Thin Air!

Journey of existence never pass through a straight path, predicting the upcoming is impossible. However, we spent heaps of time on planning our prospect but a few lucky one survived through to see the full quota of their plan virtually executed.  Predicting the forthcoming is impractical. Some out there must be joking when they believe or predict the future. Some people who became non existence but may exists. Leaving no trail behind but left bags of question mark. Mysterious disappearance is something that left behind a big question mark. If going through such database, amazed to see how thousand of peoples vanished without leaving any trail and hand of law never found them. Some of these peoples were commoner and most probably were slayed or dead without any trail but some are not so. History is peppered with intriguing tales of people who, for all intents and purposes, inexplicably vanish from the face of the earth without a trace.

Harold Holt- Former Australian PM

Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, one Sunday morning in December of 1967 when the Prime Minister went for a swim and was never seen again. Of course, a massive hunt was undertaken, but despite one of the largest search-and-rescue operations ever mounted in Australia, his body was never found. Stories of that he had been kidnapped by a Chinese submarine, or that he had been abducted by a UFO. Most likely, however, the 59-year-old Prime Minister—not in the best of health at the time anyway—was simply swept away at a beach notorious for its strong and dangerous rip currents and the rest is, as they say, history.

Pednekar Family

Thirty four-year-old Jagdish Pednekar belonged to a family of traditional gold jewellers. On 31^st December, 1998, when the city was busy with New Year’s Eve celebrations. However, for Dadar resident Jagdish Pednekar owner of Pednekar Jewellers at Sihvaji Park, it was time to pack his bags and set off on a vacation. His 21 year-old wife Urmila and five-year-old daughter Shweta were looking forward to their holiday in Mahabaleshwar. The Pednekars left for Mahabaleshwar in their Ceilo car on December 31. That was the last time their relatives and friend saw them.

A few days later, the police in Mahad found the car in the ravines near Mahabaleshwar. It had tumbled down a 350-foot slop. Surprisingly, when the police inspected the car from close quarters,  they found no blood stains.  Moreover, the doors of the car were locked. There was no trace of either the occupants or their belongings. Where had the Pednekars disappeared? Had they been kidnapped, or did Jagdish Pednekar pull off a vanishing trick? Because Mr. Pednekar is believed to have paid only two installments for the car. Another theory doing the rounds was that he owed money to the extent of Rs. 20 lakhs to about 150 persons. The questions remain unanswered for years or over decade after the incident took place.

Monsingh or Mohan Singh or Whosoever?

In 1987, among many I also read to the advertisement. It was given by a person named Monsingh and mentioned that he was from CBI.  The advertisement invited applications from youngsters in their early twenties for the post of Intelligence officers. The venue for the interview was a five-star hotel in south Mumbai where he had booked a plush room. From the 100 candidates whom he interviewed through the day, 28 persons were recruited as 'junior CBI officers'.  As part of the training program, the officers were informed, they would have to take part in a 'mock raid'. The new recruits were taken in a luxury bus to Chani Road from to prestigious Tribhuvandas Zaveri showroom is situated. The show- room was equipped with closed- circuit cameras and a video monitor. Claiming to be a CBI officer, Monsingh rushed into the shop around 2.30 p.m. and flashed a partly printed, partly handwritten search warrant. His next step was to ask the shop owner to switch off the TV cameras and the video monitor. The imposter went around picking up gold and diamond ornaments at random and stuffing them into polythene bags, which had small slips containing the government seal on them.

While his 28 junior officers searched for incriminating documents, Monsingh lugged the black bag containing ornaments and cash to the luxury bus, Instructing his subordinates to keep a vigil on the shop's staff and excusing himself "to check another scandal nearby", Monsingh zoomed away in the bus along with the booty.

After four anxious hours, both the shop owners and the junior officers realized that they had been cheated. Policemen found on! That Monsingh had already checked out of the hotel in the morning. The driver of the luxury bus said that the conman was dropped behind the hotel. Eyewitness accounts revealed that Monsingh was in his early forties, dark-complexioned, with a thick moustache. He spoke good English with an unmistakable south Indian accent. Twenty-Five years have passed and he is still at large.

Both incidents happened in Mumbai while I was in Mumbai, decades passed but my curiosity still intact.

!!!Thin or Thick Air, but these people never traced or seen??????????!!!