The Odisha High Court on Wednesday directed the State police to trace, rescue and produce the missing dalit minor girl from Pipili in Puri district before it by May 5 positively. The girl reportedly went missing on a pilgrimage to Farrukhabad in UP in November last year.
Adjudicating over a habeas corpus petition filed by the girl’s father, a division bench comprising Justices Indrajit Mahanti and Biswanath Rath gave the direction to the Pipili police.
In his petition, the girl’s father had stated that his daughter had gone on a pilgrimage to a spiritual centre with two followers of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya in November last year. The followers of the cult have already returned but his daughter has gone missing, the petition said.
