Cops under scrutiny over 6-month delay in lodging FIR in missing boy case

DELHI Police is facing scrutiny following revelations of a six-month delay in filing a kidnapping FIR for a boy missing since January 10 from the Bhajanpura area.

- SHEKHAR SINGH

Despite the boy's mother's repeated pleas to authorities, the police registered the FIR only on June 29 under Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which pertains to kidnapping or abduction.

The issue surfaced during a habeas corpus petition hearing in the Delhi High Court, where the boy's mother, represented by Advocate Fozia Rahman, sought intervention in the case.