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PETALING JAYA: Kindergarten teacher M Indira Gandhi will file a civil lawsuit of 100 million ringgit against Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Hamid Bador, the police and the government in Kuala Lumpur High Court this week for their “inaction” to locate his daughter after more than a decade.
Indira’s daughter, Prasana Diksa, was kidnapped by her ex-husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, in 2009 when she was only 11 months old and, despite the fact that Hamid declared in January that he knew where Riduan was, the mother and daughter have not yet met. have gathered.
“They have not made us more than empty promises,” said Indira’s lawyer, Sachpreetraj Singh Sohanpal.
“The IGP had stated that they knew where K Pathmanathan (Riduan) was (and) we have given the police time to speed up the process, but it has been almost a year.
“We want to hold them accountable for not following the court order. Indira needs to receive some form of justice ”, he said.
The Ipoh High Court ordered the police in June 2014 to provide a monthly report until Prasana was returned to Indira, and in 2016, the Federal Court issued an order for the then IGP Khalid Abu Bakar to arrest Ridhuan and return to Prasana.
Riduan converted to Islam in 2009 before converting his three children without Indira’s consent, and the Federal Court declared unilateral conversion illegal in a landmark decision in 2018.
Indira Gandhi’s Action Team spokesman Arun Doraisamy said Indira had filed a judicial review in the Ipoh High Court regarding the 2014 court order ordering the police to provide monthly progress reports describing their efforts. to track down Prasana.
The review will be available for case management on December 17.
Apart from the judicial review and the RM 100 million claim, Doraisamy said there were also plans to file a mandamus order against Hamid.
A mandamus order is a court order that requires a government official to perform his official duties.
The long-awaited meeting of Hamid with Indira on September 3 was postponed due to an appointment he had in Putrajaya, and subsequent attempts to establish another meeting have left Indira frustrated.
“The police have no desire to solve this case,” said Doraisamy.
“Although they agreed to reschedule the meeting, when we wrote to them on September 7 to do so, there was no response.
“We have a feeling that there is continued ignorance and denial on the part of the police in this case, so we have decided to take this to court.”
