SC pulls up police for failing to trace missing Russian woman

The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Delhi Police for failing to make headway in tracing a missing Russian woman who had escaped India along with her child, despite the court granting shared custody to her and the child’s father, an Indian.

- Abraham Thomas

The court questioned why the Russian Embassy officials allegedly involved in arranging her escape were not custodially interrogated and a red corner notice was not issued for over three months since she left the country.

A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said, "You had to seek their custodial interrogation. On the basis of the evidence gathered so far, if you are satisfied that these 2-3 officials are prima facie involved, you should get their custodial interrogation.”