Army Dog Center in Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin lies in the doab of the Jhelum and Chenab, with the Rasul and Qadirabad headworks, the Malakwal railway junction, Phalia, and the field of the 1849 battle of Chillianwala within the district. It is farming country, flat and well watered, with long straight roads and dense villages.

Situations we are asked about in Mandi Bahauddin

• Tube-well equipment, tractors and rice or sugarcane stocks taken from a farm.
• Motorcycles taken from villages along the Malakwal or Phalia roads.
• A child or older person who wandered into fields and cannot be found.
• Houses entered while families were at the sugarcane crushing.

Sugarcane stands taller than a person for months of the year, and rice paddies flood and dry in turn. Both hide movement from sight and wash footprints away. A tracking dog works by scent along field edges and canal banks. Because every village has several canals and drains near it, a note of which one is closest to the loss helps us explain what can be done.

Keep the spot closed and untouched, and put worn clothing into a clean bag. Call the police on 15 for serious crimes, then Army Dog Center on 0300-5780720, any hour. Tell us your village, the nearest road, and the time you noticed.

If your loss is a vehicle or tractor, give its colour, make and registration if you have it, along with the last field road it was seen on. Neighbours in village clusters often see more than they realise, so ask them quietly what they heard or saw and note the time of each remark.