LAWYERS representing M. Indira Gandhi are questioning the police’s lackadaisical attitude in failing to produce monthly affidavits on her missing daughter.

Messrs Raj and Sach, who is representing Indira, said they are going to seek a directive from the Ipoh High Court on the matter on Monday.

Her lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan told The Malaysian Insight they want the court to compel the police to investigate, give timely updates and facilitate the return of Indira’s daughter Prasana Diksa.

“They (police) have failed to update us on the affidavits and findings in the last three months despite a court order.

“So, what have they been doing in the last three months? Were there any attempts to locate Prasana?”

On December 17, the Ipoh High Court ordered the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to submit a detailed report on police efforts to track down Indira’s former husband and daughter as ordered by the court in 2014.

Judicial Commissioner Bhupindar Singh gave the AGC, which represented the police, three weeks to file 79 affidavits on the measures that had been taken to find Muhammad Riduan Abdullah and Prasana.

This was because police appeared to have ignored the 2014 court order and had failed to submit any affidavits, either to the court or to Indira’s lawyer, since May 30 the same year.

On January 10, Rajesh said police had submitted only one affidavit before the deadline, but it was inadequate.

He added that police had put in minimal effort into locating Prasana in the last six years.

Rajesh also said police had to file the affidavits on their progress on Indira’s case each month, failing which they could be in contempt of court.

“Since January, there were no affidavits. We are seeking further directions from the courts on the affidavits they were suppose to file but have not.”

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

Riduan snatched Prasana, who was a baby at the time, and his and Indira’s two older children after he unilaterally converted them to Islam.

The court granted Indira custody of the three children after finding their conversion to be unlawful. She has since been reunited with two of her children.

Prasana, who is now 11, is still missing. – March 20, 2021.