Missing kids case puts focus on Indo-Bangla border lapse

However, the two men later filed applications alleging their children were missing. Ibrahim claimed that his five-year-old daughter, who was present when the police detained them, had been missing. Baker alleged that while his wife and one son were deported, another son had disappeared.

When the court resumed hearing recently, police officials adduced a report, stating that none of the children were present when the women were taken into custody.

In the meantime, Baker’s wife Amina appeared in the court with her counsel, armed with an application for the return of her “missing” son —even though she had been officially deported on August 5.

When the court asked her how she’d managed to return, Amina’s response was shocking in its simplicity. “I requested the officers at the border to let me slip in and they let me,” she said.

However, when subjected to intense questioning, Amina broke down and confessed the children had never gone missing. “We lied because the police had been constantly harassing us. We wanted to teach them a lesson. My son is in Mumbai while Mehri’s daughter had been in Bangladesh since birth,” said Amina.

In response, Metropolitan Magistrate Singh threw out both the applications and expressed displeasure over the deportation fiasco.