nagpur army deserter major rajeev bopche who fled from custody at the kamptee cantonment on july 30 a day after he was arrested at the nagpur airport after his arrival from doha on july 29 still remains at large after over a week of his escapeat kamptee he had sought permission to meet his mother and brother and also freshen up after the meeting but gave the army guards a slip soon afterposted at bhatinda in punjab the officer was declared a deserter after not returning from leave he is also learnt to have travelled abroad and there was a look out circular loc against himdocuments found with him show that he was coming from denmark this was ascertained from the visa stamps though it is learnt according to his statements that bopche was returning to nagpur from norway instead as there is no direct flight he had flown to the city from doha and was caught here at norway he is learnt to have gone for undertaking higher education an internet page of the norwegian university of science and technology shows his picture and name as a phd studentafter being detained at the airport sonegaon police took his custody first and handed bopche to the brigade of guards regimental centre at kamptee for further action as it is the nearest military station however in a day he fled from custody after a meeting with his mother and brother on his request in response to a question by toi asking whether any court of inquiry has been initiated to fix the responsibility the defence spokesperson at nagpur shared a note it reads the escape from army custody is being viewed seriously we are ascertaining the conditions under which it happened and will take appropriate measures so that such lapses do not occur in futureit has been learnt that bopche was kept in the officers mess with one escort deployed to guard hima source aware of the procedures said in such cases the accused are kept in places citing their rank and its not like police custody normally for an officer another officer is engaged as an escort however in this case the person has only complicated his case further by escaping from custody this multiplies his offences apart from deserting