Silvester D'Souza

Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (MS)

Kundapur, Feb 14: In an incident that has come to light bit late, the seven-month-old girl child of a family who had come to work as daily wage labourers was suspected to be kidnapped from the tent in which the family were taking rest in the night. The hapless parents are devastated as they are not able to trace the baby.

The couple Johnny Monteiro and Asha, natives of Mangaluru, are residing in a tent since three years at Kageri near Koteshwar of the taluk. Johnny used to work as a daily wage labourer in nearby areas. The couple have two children. The child which has gone missing is the second one by the name Minisha.

It is said that the baby had the issue of low weight during birth itself. The doctors of the locality advised the couple to take the child to Mangaluru for higher treatment. Accordingly, the family had been to Vamanjoor in Mangaluru and got the child treated in the hospital and returned to Kageri. However, on the late night of Friday, February 8 at around 1.30 am, the couple came to know that the child is missing when they suddenly woke up from sleep. This has led to several suspicions.

Police have refused to register a case in this regard as the couple does not have the photograph of the missing baby. They have been advised to go to the court with their plea. The financially poor family is distraught as they are unable to approach the court due to their financial condition on one end and the police is refusing to register the case as they do not have the photograph of the missing baby.