The Malaysian Insight

THE Ipoh High Court today ordered the Attorney-General’s Chambers to submit a detailed report on police efforts to track down the former husband and the daughter of M. Indira Gandhi as ordered by the court in 2014.

Indira’s lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan said Judicial Commissioner Bhupindar Singh gave the AGC, which represented the police, three weeks to file 79 affidavits on the measures that were taken to locate Muhammad Riduan Abdullah and Prasana Diksa.

The AGC represented the police.

“The police have ignored a court order issued in 2014 and failed to submit any affidavit since May 30, 2014, either to the court or to Indira’s legal team.

“The judicial commissioner also asked for a copy of the investigation diary to be handed over to the court and Indira’s lawyer,” Rajesh said after proceedings today.

He said the recovery order required the police to inform the court and Indira’s lawyer the steps the cops were taking to trace Riduan and Parasana.

“They (police) had to file a sworn affidavit each month and this order was given six years ago.

“To date they have not filed any affidavits. Now they owe Indira 79 affidavits,” the lawyer said.

He said the police had not appealed the court order nor had the order been set aside.

“From the day it was issued, it has been in effect. It is still good law today.”

Rajesh said the police would be held in contempt of court should they fail to present the affidavits.

“If they don’t respond, then it will be disrespectful to the court.”

Meanwhile, Indira said she wished to find only her daughter, Prasana, and that she did not care about Riduan.

“She is already 12 years old. The lack of action by the police is very disappointing. We are still hoping that the IGP will give us some information,” she said, referring to top cop Abdul Hamid Bador.

“There are still no updates till today.”

Indira is suing Hamid for RM100 million for failing to locate her daughter.

Indira Gandhi Action Team chairman Arun Dorasamy said the court’s decision today was affirmation the police were not taking the case seriously.

“This shows that there is no compliance on the police side with the investigation process and court order.”

Riduan, a Muslim convert, was ordered by the high court in 2014 to return Prasana to her mother. He did not obey the order,  leading the court to issue a mandamus order compelling the police to arrest him.

Riduan snatched Prasana and the couple’s two other children after he unilaterally converted them to Islam. 

The court granted Indira custody of the three children after finding their conversion to be unlawful. – December 17, 2020.