Daijiworld Media Network - Dubai (SR)

Dubai, Sep 10: A 5-year-old boy was found alone at Reef Mall in Deira on September 7. No one has come forward to claim the boy, whose nationality is yet to be ascertained. Cops suspect that the boy was abandoned at the Mall.

Dubai police on September 8 appealed the residents for help in tracing the boy's parents and have posted a photo on their social media platforms. They have urged residents who have any information about the boy's guardians to contact the control room at 997 or the Muraqqabat police station at 04 266 0555. All major newspapers in the country have published the missing person report, but the boy's guardians or parents are yet to get in touch with the police.

Chief public prosecutor, Bu Abdullah said, "If one of his parents or both are proven to have intentionally left the boy behind, our prosecution will then handle the case because the suspect is a family member. Otherwise, it will be investigated by another prosecution." A female officers specialised in child psychology would talk to the boy at the child interrogation room at the Juvenile and Family Prosecution, Abdullah added.