Indira To Deliver Missing Daughter S Teddy Bear To Cops In Nov 22 March

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A “justice march” to protest authorities’ perceived inaction in locating M Indira Gandhi’s missing daughter, Prasana Diksa, is scheduled to take place on Nov 22 from the Sogo shopping complex to the Bukit Aman police headquarters.  
The Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat), in collaboration with Agamam Ani Malaysia, announced today that the “peaceful and lawful” march will feature Indira handing over to the police a teddy bear which belonged to Prasana.
“Indira will be pushing Prasana’s stroller, filled with her daughter’s toys and clothes, as a silent yet powerful message that, despite Federal Court orders, promises, and repeated assurances from authorities, Prasana remains unrepatriated, and justice remains undelivered.
“The march symbolises the failure of enforcement, erosion of institutional accountability, and the silent suffering of countless parents denied justice due to bureaucratic inaction,” social activist Arun Dorasamy said in a statement today. 
ADSNoting that the roughly 4km march represents “a mother’s unbroken journey for truth and justice”, Arun said fresh committal suit papers, filed in the Ipoh High Court, will also be served to Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Ismail. 
Inspector-General of Police Khalid IsmailThe legal action, he said, targets the IGP’s “continued failure” to enforce the Federal Court order to reunite Prasana with her mother.
Ingat and Agamam Ani further invited all Malaysians, regardless of race, faith, or political belief, to stand with Indira in the national call for justice, equality, and the rule of law. 
Formal invitations were extended to, among others, civil societies and human rights organisations, prominent community and religious leaders, members of the Malaysian Bar and Bar Council, as well as retired judges and former enforcement officers. 
The request for participation was also made to Suhakam commissioners, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives, MPs and state assemblypersons, parents, students, and well-wishers from across the nation.
“This is not just Indira’s fight - it is a Malaysian fight for integrity, accountability, and the sanctity of our Federal Constitution,” Arun stressed.
“This march is not an act of defiance - it is an act of faith. Faith in justice, in the constitution, and in the conscience of Malaysians.”
Arun DorasamyHe also affirmed that an official notification will be made to Dang Wangi police to facilitate traffic coordination and ensure the march remains peaceful, orderly, and in full compliance with the law.
Riduan free in M’sia despite warrant
Previously, Arun questioned the status of a special task force announced in April 2019 by then-IGP Fuzi Harun to locate and repatriate Prasana.
Arun lamented that while the unit, led by Bukit Aman’s then Criminal Investigation Department acting director Huzir Mohamed, was declared a priority operation, no tangible progress, transparency, or closure had been achieved despite six years having passed.
Last month, the police and Attorney-General’s Chambers’ (AGC) handling of the case faced renewed scrutiny amid claims that Indira’s ex-husband, Riduan Abdullah, has been living freely in the country and enjoying government aid despite an arrest warrant issued over a decade ago.
ADSChecks by Malaysiakini on the Budi95 and Rahmah Necessities Aid (Sara) platforms, using an IC number linked to Riduan, found that the account had fully utilised the one-off RM100 Sara cash aid and a portion of the 300-litre Budi95 fuel subsidy quota.
Riduan AbdullahIndira’s lawyer, Rajesh Nagarajan, had slammed the authorities for failing to fulfil the courts’ “clear and binding orders” for the recovery of Prasana and the arrest of Riduan, who is said to have abducted the child after a unilateral conversion to Islam.
In a press conference on Oct 28, Ingat urged the police to use data on where Riduan, previously known as K Pathmanathan, had redeemed his Budi95 petrol subsidy and Sara credits, to locate him.
Long struggle through courts
In 2009, Indira’s ex-husband unilaterally converted their three children to Islam without her consent and sought custody through the Syariah Court.
The following year, the Ipoh High Court granted Indira full custody. However, in 2014, the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court order compelling the IGP to recover Prasana.
The Federal Court, in 2016, put an end to the legal wrangle by ordering the police to arrest Riduan and reunite Prasana with her mother.
Indira filed an RM100 million suit in 2020, in which she named former IGP Abdul Hamid Bador, the police, the Home Ministry, and the government as defendants, after receiving no news about her daughter’s whereabouts.
In June last year, the High Court dismissed her suit after finding that Hamid and the police had exercised their duties in executing the Federal Court’s mandamus order.
The Court of Appeal heard on Aug 11 this year that the police do not owe Indira a duty of care in the case involving the search for Riduan and Prasana.
While the appellate court was initially scheduled to deliver its decision on the matter on Oct 30, case management has since been set for Nov 7, during which parties will provide their available dates for a new decision date to be fixed.  - Mkini

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