<p>A 31-year-old woman from Kuwait who had arrived in India for treatment and went missing from Kolkata last month has been spotted in neighbouring Bangladesh this week, a police officer said here on Thursday.</p>.<p>After a thorough investigation, the Kolkata Police informed the Kuwaiti Embassy that the woman, along with a man, has crossed the international border to enter Bangladesh.</p>.<p>“It was then the Kuwaiti Embassy sought the help of Bangladesh and the woman was found from a house in that country on Monday. The police there have handed her over to the Kuwaiti authorities,” the police officer said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bangladeshi-smuggler-shot-dead-by-bsf-in-west-bengal-1189347.html" target="_blank">Bangladeshi smuggler shot dead by BSF in West Bengal</a></strong><br /><br />The woman came to Kolkata with her younger brother on January 20 and put up at a five-star hotel in East Kolkata. She was getting treatment for some skin-related problems in a private hospital.</p>.<p>After a tour of other tourist attractions of Kolkata, she along with her younger brother had gone to Alipore zoo on January 27 from where she went “missing”, the officer said.</p>.<p>Her brother then went to Alipore police station and informed the officer “in broken English” about what had happened.</p>.<p>As her mobile phone containing a Kuwaiti sim could not be tracked, the police started examining CCTV footage.</p>.<p>“CCTV footage showed that she got into a yellow taxi with a man wearing a suit, a cap and a mask. So, identifying him was tough. We spotted the taxi driver and got to know that they got down near Marquis Street (in central Kolkata),” the senior police officer said.</p>.<p>From there, they took another taxi and reached the Bangladesh border near Bangaon in the neighbouring North 24 Parganas district.</p>.<p>“Then they could not be spotted anywhere inside the Indian territory. Based on the description and after scanning hundreds of CCTV footage, we got a photograph of the man who is probably a Bangladeshi national,” he said.</p>.<p>A red alert was issued against the man. The staff of the Alipore Police Station and Anti-Rowdy Section of Kolkata Police talked to their sources and after it was clear that they have crossed the international border, they informed the Kuwaiti Embassy in New Delhi.</p>.<p>The embassy has sent an appreciation letter to the Kolkata Police lauding the role of its officers in helping them rescue the woman, the officer added.</p>.<p>No details on what happened to the man who apparently is her beau, nor the location in Bangladesh from where the Kuwaiti citizen was found were shared with the media.</p>
<p>A 31-year-old woman from Kuwait who had arrived in India for treatment and went missing from Kolkata last month has been spotted in neighbouring Bangladesh this week, a police officer said here on Thursday.</p>.<p>After a thorough investigation, the Kolkata Police informed the Kuwaiti Embassy that the woman, along with a man, has crossed the international border to enter Bangladesh.</p>.<p>“It was then the Kuwaiti Embassy sought the help of Bangladesh and the woman was found from a house in that country on Monday. The police there have handed her over to the Kuwaiti authorities,” the police officer said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bangladeshi-smuggler-shot-dead-by-bsf-in-west-bengal-1189347.html" target="_blank">Bangladeshi smuggler shot dead by BSF in West Bengal</a></strong><br /><br />The woman came to Kolkata with her younger brother on January 20 and put up at a five-star hotel in East Kolkata. She was getting treatment for some skin-related problems in a private hospital.</p>.<p>After a tour of other tourist attractions of Kolkata, she along with her younger brother had gone to Alipore zoo on January 27 from where she went “missing”, the officer said.</p>.<p>Her brother then went to Alipore police station and informed the officer “in broken English” about what had happened.</p>.<p>As her mobile phone containing a Kuwaiti sim could not be tracked, the police started examining CCTV footage.</p>.<p>“CCTV footage showed that she got into a yellow taxi with a man wearing a suit, a cap and a mask. So, identifying him was tough. We spotted the taxi driver and got to know that they got down near Marquis Street (in central Kolkata),” the senior police officer said.</p>.<p>From there, they took another taxi and reached the Bangladesh border near Bangaon in the neighbouring North 24 Parganas district.</p>.<p>“Then they could not be spotted anywhere inside the Indian territory. Based on the description and after scanning hundreds of CCTV footage, we got a photograph of the man who is probably a Bangladeshi national,” he said.</p>.<p>A red alert was issued against the man. The staff of the Alipore Police Station and Anti-Rowdy Section of Kolkata Police talked to their sources and after it was clear that they have crossed the international border, they informed the Kuwaiti Embassy in New Delhi.</p>.<p>The embassy has sent an appreciation letter to the Kolkata Police lauding the role of its officers in helping them rescue the woman, the officer added.</p>.<p>No details on what happened to the man who apparently is her beau, nor the location in Bangladesh from where the Kuwaiti citizen was found were shared with the media.</p>