THERE has yet to be a “positive outcome” in police’s efforts to locate M. Indira Gandhi’s daughter, who was taken by her ex-husband 10 years ago and unilaterally converted to Islam, said the inspector-general of police.

Mohamad Fuzi Harun said police have been given information and instructed to locate the girl, Prasana Diksa, who was 11 months old when she was taken from her mother.

“Efforts by police to locate her are ongoing. There are people who say she is in Bidor (in Perak) and Kelantan.

“Our problem is that, we don’t have any (concrete) leads,” he told reporters after attending a Police Family Association function at the Putra World Trade Centre today.

Yesterday, Indira Gandhi was awarded the US secretary of state’s International Women of Courage Award in recognition of her bravery in her nine-year legal battle against the unilateral conversion of her three children to Islam.

Her ex-husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, had taken Prasana away in 2009.

The Federal Court, on January 29, had ruled that the unilateral conversion of the girl and her two elder siblings to Islam by their father was null and void, and ordered police to locate Riduan and Prasana. – March 29, 2018.