In the last 10 months of this year, 15360 people including 140 officers of the armed forces have left the military service and escaped.
It is said that 98 army officers, 26 navy officers and 15 air force officers belong to this group.
Also, among the 15,220 deserters in other ranks, 12,643 in the Army and 1,770 in the Navy are also included.
Only one general amnesty has been implemented so far to arrest the escaped officers and other ranks and it is reported that no operations have been implemented to arrest the escaped personnel so far.
Investigations had previously revealed that the underworld leaders were employing army deserters as contract killers for murders and gangster activities across the country.