<p>The family of a 25-year-old woman from Jaipur who mysteriously disappeared during a visit to the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Haryana two years ago are still waiting for her to return. <br /> <br />Even thought the Jaipur police have failed to trace the missing woman, the aggrieved family is seeing a slight glimmer of hope after the conviction of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim on Friday in a 15-year-old rape case. <br /> <br />“Guddi Devi, the wife of Kamlesh Kumar went to Sirsa back in March 2015 to visit a religious programme convened by the self-proclaimed godman. During the ceremony, a man from the Dera Sacha Sauda took his wife away and she hasn’t been seen since then,” said Babulal Bairwa, counsel of Kumar. <br /> <br />Kumar then tried to search for his wife for several days but after failing to know her whereabouts he went to the nearest police station is Sirsa to file a complaint.<br /><br />“The cops in Haryana threatened him and refused to lodge the case following which he returned to Jaipur to register the FIR,” said Bairwa. <br /><br />In a FIR registered at the Jawahar Circle police station had named Gurmeet Ram Rahim, DPS Dutta, managing director of the Dera and Shah Satnam. <br /><br />The complainant accused all three of the men of kidnapping, wrongful confinement and criminal conspiracy. <br /><br />“As soon as the FIR was lodged, people claiming to be followers of Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Dera devotees started building pressure on Kumar as well as me to take back the case. The police too didn’t cooperate with us and termed the case as inconclusive,” said Bairwa. <br /> <br />The two young sons of Kumar and Devi are waiting for their mother to return since the past two years, with the family yet to get any trace of her. <br /> <br />The police presented a final report to the court in early 2016, terming the case as inconclusive and no action was taken against the accused. <br /> <br />Following that, a protest petition against the final report was filed by Kumar in February this year which will be heard in September. <br /> <br />“After the conviction of the self-proclaimed godman, we hope that our case will also be heard and the children of Devi will finally get to know what happened to their mother,” said Bairwa. <br /> <br />The police said that the final report was submitted because the area was outside the jurisdiction of Jaipur police. <br /><br />“The final report was submitted because the place where the woman went missing was out of our jurisdiction,” said Rajesh Kumar Soni, SHO, Jawahar Circle police station.<br /></p>
<p>The family of a 25-year-old woman from Jaipur who mysteriously disappeared during a visit to the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters in Haryana two years ago are still waiting for her to return. <br /> <br />Even thought the Jaipur police have failed to trace the missing woman, the aggrieved family is seeing a slight glimmer of hope after the conviction of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim on Friday in a 15-year-old rape case. <br /> <br />“Guddi Devi, the wife of Kamlesh Kumar went to Sirsa back in March 2015 to visit a religious programme convened by the self-proclaimed godman. During the ceremony, a man from the Dera Sacha Sauda took his wife away and she hasn’t been seen since then,” said Babulal Bairwa, counsel of Kumar. <br /> <br />Kumar then tried to search for his wife for several days but after failing to know her whereabouts he went to the nearest police station is Sirsa to file a complaint.<br /><br />“The cops in Haryana threatened him and refused to lodge the case following which he returned to Jaipur to register the FIR,” said Bairwa. <br /><br />In a FIR registered at the Jawahar Circle police station had named Gurmeet Ram Rahim, DPS Dutta, managing director of the Dera and Shah Satnam. <br /><br />The complainant accused all three of the men of kidnapping, wrongful confinement and criminal conspiracy. <br /><br />“As soon as the FIR was lodged, people claiming to be followers of Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Dera devotees started building pressure on Kumar as well as me to take back the case. The police too didn’t cooperate with us and termed the case as inconclusive,” said Bairwa. <br /> <br />The two young sons of Kumar and Devi are waiting for their mother to return since the past two years, with the family yet to get any trace of her. <br /> <br />The police presented a final report to the court in early 2016, terming the case as inconclusive and no action was taken against the accused. <br /> <br />Following that, a protest petition against the final report was filed by Kumar in February this year which will be heard in September. <br /> <br />“After the conviction of the self-proclaimed godman, we hope that our case will also be heard and the children of Devi will finally get to know what happened to their mother,” said Bairwa. <br /> <br />The police said that the final report was submitted because the area was outside the jurisdiction of Jaipur police. <br /><br />“The final report was submitted because the place where the woman went missing was out of our jurisdiction,” said Rajesh Kumar Soni, SHO, Jawahar Circle police station.<br /></p>
