Tuesday, May 01, 2007
It's been three weeks since six-year-old Ankit was kidnapped from outside his school in Patna. And with still no sign of his return, the people of Patna have taken up Ankit's case as a crusade against the existing law and order situation in the state, which has seen 900 cases of kidnapping over the past 90 days. Locals protested by blocking busy roads in Patna and raised slogans against the state government's failure to check abductions. Dozens of students from Ankit's school also joined the protest demanding his early recovery. ‘State’ of denial But even in the face of their protests, the police remains dismissive - in fact, in a state of denial.
People should know that someone close to Ankit's family is involved in his kidnapping - a person who was almost like a family member. In most of such cases the children are runaway cases; they have moved out of houses and returned after some time," IG (Headquarters), Bihar Police, Anil Sinha said. Ankit's is only one of the 900 kidnapping cases reported in the past 90 days in Bihar - a sad commentary on the state. Yet, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar believes the state police is doing reasonably well. "There cannot be cent percent success. No police can guarantee hundred percent results. But the Bihar Police is trying and are investigating," he said. Hoping for a miracle However, for Ankit's mother, Poonam, these are traumatic days. She has almost no faith in the police and is living on a prayer that her son returns home safely. "Police is trying to locate my son but how can I say I have some hope? There's been no news of him for so many days," she says.
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