No leads on whereabouts of Indira Gandhi’s ex-husband, daughter

Noel Achariam Noel Achariam Updated 6 years ago · Published on 30 Jan 2018 11:10AM · 7 Comments

Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun says CID has been directed to search for M. Indira Gandhi’s former husband and 10-year-old daughter. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 30, 2018.

M. INDIRA Gandhi’s former husband is still believed to be in the country, but the authorities have no idea where he is, said Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun.

Fuzi said police will execute the order issued by the Federal Court yesterday to locate the ex-husband and their daughter to return Prasana Diksa, 10, to her.

“We started investigations to locate (the ex-husband) since 2014.

“I have given specific instructions to the team, especially the criminal investigations department, to locate the daughter which was ordered by the court,” he said after handing out promotions to senior police officers at the Khalid Abu Bakar hall in Pulapol today.

Yesterday, the five-man panel of judges made a unanimous decision that the conversion of Indira’s three children by Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, who had converted to Islam, was null and void.

The court also ruled that conversions of minors will need the consent of both parents in order to be deemed legal.

Fuzi said police have checked with the Immigration Department and Riduan is still believed to be in the country.

“We are appealing to the public to provide any information of his whereabouts to the police.

“We have been informed that we still have no leads. Let us know so we can take any appropriate action.”

Indira turned to the courts after Riduan removed their youngest child Prasana after unilaterally converting their three children to Islam in 2009.

Prasana was only 11 months old then. Indira has another daughter aged, 21, and a 20-year-old son.

M. Indira Gandhi at the Federal Court in Putrajaya yesterday. The mother of three wants to be reunited with her youngest daughter. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, January 30, 2018.

The Court of Appeal bench, comprising Court of Appeal president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Richard Malanjum, Zainun Ali, Abu Samah Nordin and Ramly Ali, delivered the landmark judgment yesterday. 

Indira told The Malaysian Insight that she has not seen her daughter since her ex-husband took her away.

She also admitted that it will be difficult for Prasana when she is reunited with the family.

“There is a possibility she may not want to return to me.  

“I’m emotionally ready for that. It is not going to be easy after being separated for so long. And now to bring her back and tell her I’m her biological mother and introduce her to her brother and sister is not going to be easy.

“I might not even recognise her if she walks past me wearing the hijab now.” – January 30, 2018.

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  • We usually say "Until Cow Comes Back Home".
    We know Prasana Diksa will Never Back Home.
    We also know why.
    Tracking her since 2014. Ya ke?
    She will be found when she turns 18years.

    Posted 6 years ago by Jay Jay · Reply

  • BULLOCKS!! :IF they cannot find him. ITS KIDNAPPING - The police should have requested a Warrant of Arrest ISSUED.

    Posted 6 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • Sure you can't find him, we know. You couldn't find MO1 the whole world could. Btw check under your table or the Muftis house.

    Posted 6 years ago by Alphonz Jayaraman · Reply

  • Until the day comes when it is medically possible for a parent to produce an offspring all by him or her self (no partner, no donor etc), then the word "parents" or "parent" should always be viewed in the plural. Never mind what the law says. Of course you need the consent of both parents in order for any decision made on their child to be deemed ethical.

    Posted 6 years ago by Yog Sothoth · Reply

  • I have already expected that answer from PDRM. I blame the entire episode on the lackadaisical attitude of the ex-IGP who did not even bother to place the ex-husband in the radar. The day the ex husband abducted the daughter and never turn up in court hearing was a crime committed but the PDRM did not bother and easy excuse now was no official report lodge for kidnapping. Like I have mentioned in my earlier posting get the ex IGP and haul him to court for his incompetence and totally lack of morality in responsibilities. The whole drama is in replay with the new IGP to seriously place interest in the case. If there is intenese efforts by PDRM , Muhammad Riduan Abdullah will be flushed out from "lubang cacing". Here like it or not, it is obvious that the matter lie in what ever degree of job interest and responsibility that PDRM intend to view the case

    Posted 6 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • The PDRM should be focussed on carrying out its duties. I am surprised that they are finding it difficult to track one man in Malaysia. I am sure the men in blue will be professional and reunite the daughter and mother as ordered by the courts. Let's hope the present IGP is more astute.

    Posted 6 years ago by Praba Koran · Reply

  • Surely the police can track the child through school records. She would be registered in a school & the Education ministry keeps records of school students. The child should be in Args 4 in a govt school.

    Posted 6 years ago by Nirmala Ramoo · Reply