In a feather in the cap of the Mumbai police, the sleuths from the unit-6 of the city Crime branch traced a minor girl of Indian origin – who had gone ‘missing’ from Sweden – to her Instagram friend living at downmarket Cheetah Camp at Trombay in north-eastern Mumbai
Within a week after the Interpol put out a Yellow notice about the disappearance of a Swedish girl of Indian origin, a team of Crime branch sleuths of the Mumbai police tracked down the Instagram friend of the missing girl who lives at Subhash Nagar at Trombay’s Cheetah camp area.
“After our officers quizzed her Instagram friend tactfully, the boy revealed that the Swedish girl was staying at Subhash Nagar. Afterwards our officers traced the place and took charge of the girl safely and handed her over to Children’s Home at Dongri in Mumbai. The Crime Branch immediately notified the Swedish Embassy and Interpol in New Delhi about the safe rescue of the missing Swedish girl,” a senior police officer said.
The crime branch requisitioned the help of Swedish Embassy in New Delhi, InterPol and other agencies to get in touch with the parents of the rescued girl. Her father Saradar Tamar, who flew down in Mumbai from Stockholm on Friday, identified his daughter. After he produced relevant documents and also the No Objection Certificate (NOC) issued by the Mumbai police, the authorities at the Children’s Home at Dongri handed over his daughter to him.
After getting the safe custody of his daughter, the father flew back to Sweden today, thus ending nearly a fortnight-long drama.It is not immediately known as to how the minor girl reached Mumbai from Sweden, whether she had valid travel papers, whether she was kidnapped or lured and held captive in the city. It is also not known yet how she got friendly with the so-called Instagram friend based in Mumbai.
The facts that have come to light so far are that her parents had lodged a complaint with Skpepparbacken Police Station in Sweden on November 27.
Following the complaint, the Skpepparbacken Police alerted the Swedish Embassy and the Interpol, New Delhi, leading the rescue of the missing girl.
The team of unit-6 of the Crime branch that traced the Swedish girl to her Instagram friend’s place comprised Mangalsingh Chavan, S Meera Deshmukh, Pona and Kolekar.