The Pauri District Magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt has transferred the case of kidnapping of two children of Chalusain in Dwarikhal block to the regular police.
This order was received by the office of the Superintendent of Police Ajay Joshi on Monday. The SP has deputed SSI MK Sirola of lansdowne as investigation officer immediately with investigation also being started in this abduction case which was lodged after the children went missing from their rented home on June 3.
Shopkeeper Vishnu Shah, who is the grandfather of the kidnapped children met the DM on June 7 and said that three year old Rishav and four years old Sandhya were missing from their rented home since the morning of June 3. The father of the kidnapped children owns a jewellery shop in Chalusain. The family members searched for the children after they went missing but the whereabouts of the minors have not yet been ascertained. The report of the children missing suspectedly as a result of kidnapping was lodged in the Patwari Chowki and on this report revenue police registered a case of kidnapping under section 363 Indian Penal Code.
The revenue police could not trace the missing children and requested that the case be transferred to the regular police. Taking serious cognisance of the case, the DM transferred this case from the revenue police to regular police. After receiving the order to this effect, the Pauri SP Ajay Joshi told The Pioneer that SSI Manoj Kumar Sirola has been appointed as investigating officer in this kidnapping case.
It is pertinent to mention that the father of the kidnapped children, Dilip Shah is a native of Bihar. It is being suspected that the children may have been kidnapped for ransom but till now no demand has been made by anyone for ransom. With the two children missing for a week and no information on their whereabouts, the locals of the Chalusain and adjoining areas are anxious about the law and order situation in the region.