Muralidharan Pillai
Mayabunder, Feb 05:Amidst the assurance of the SP, Andaman District that there is no report of kidnapping of any child and his request not to pay any heed to rumours of such incidents as reported in Andaman sheeka dated 5th Feb 2016, a case of attempt to kidnap a girl child aged four months from Tugapur-7 village has come to light today.
Shri. Arabilash Das and his wife Smt Bishaka Ganguly are residing in the village Tugapur-7 with their four months old girl child named Kumari Anishka Das.
The couple informed this reporter that on 4th February 2016 evening at about 6.30pm the mother was doing her house hold chores and the child was sleeping in the couch hanging made of cloth. The father Shri.Das had been to his sister’s home nearby- only few meters away. The mother went inside the kitchen to fetch something and suddenly she heard the child crying.
According to her statement, she rushed to the front room where the child was put to sleep and found that some unknown person had picked up the child from the couch and trying to flee away.
The panicked mother tried to catch the culprit but in vain as he had reportedly applied used up engine oil all over his body. Hearing the mother’s cry for help from the neighbours he threw the child behind and disappeared into the dark.
On hearing the mothers cry the neighbours and her relatives gathered for help but could not find anyone. They informed the police at Rest camp station immediately. But the parents and the neighbours complain that the police took more than an hour to reach the spot. The police, the relatives and the villagers conducted search operation of the entire area till midnight but with no results.
Based on the description furnished by the mother a local person residing nearby was picked up by the police team for interrogation but was let free as no relation to the case could be established.
Our Reporter when visited the spot today found that the victim family’s house is located just by the side of a main road. There are number of houses and small shops nearby and in no way the culprit could escape by road.
The big nallah connecting to Panighat or to Interview Island is not very far away from the spot. The Reporter has also seen the oil mark on mother’s hand which confirms that in order to escape; the culprit had held mothers hand and pushed. If it was a planned attempt by a professional kidnapper there are chances and it is the only way that he should flee through the above said nallah.
Although SP South Andaman’s statement that kidnapping cases are hoax, had brought some relief for public but this incident has again triggered fear amongst the local populace. This rumour has been spreading in this region for the past several weeks. Though this is a superstitious notion but what exactly is the reality?
When contacted the SP of North and Middle Andaman Mr. Parvinder Singh today said that a case has already been registered in this regard.
“We are looking for any clue. Nothing can’t be said at this point as there is only one witness in this case. We have collected cloth sample (baby) from the site for test,” the SP said.
Regarding rumours he said that there is no other case of any kind of kidnapping. “The rumour mongers must watch themselves. If anyone know about any such case or detail of anyone spreading such news can contact us,” the SP added.
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