The Tribune, Jamuary 20, 2004

Cops told to trace missing woman
Our Correspondent

Ambala, January 19
The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ambala, Mr Surya Pratap Singh, has ordered the city police to investigate the disappearance of a woman and her daughter and register a case in this regard. The woman’s husband, Mr Ashok Jain, had filed an application in the court of the CJM two days ago in which he said he suspected that his wife and daughter had either committed suicide or been kidnapped by Pardeep Kumar, a youth of Ambala, who had been blackmailing his wife for the past several months.

Mr Jain said in the application that he had met Pardeep when one of his sons was suffering from blood cancer. Pardeep had provided financial assistance for the treatment of his son, who later died. He said Pardeep started visiting his house frequently, even in his absence. He mentioned in the application that his wife had told him a few months back that Pardeep had raped her after giving her a tranquiliser mixed in a liquid. He said his wife had told him that Pardeep had been blackmailing and threatening her. He said on January 10, he went to Ahmedabad for business work. When he returned on January 12, he found that his wife, daughter and son were not there. His mother told him that his wife and the children had left for Samana on January 11. Mr Jain stated that when he rushed to Samana he did not find his wife and daughter there. Meanwhile, the Samana police has registered an FIR on the statement of Tarun Jain, son of Mr Ashok Jain.