PETALING JAYA: The Ipoh High Court today rejected Indira Gandhi’s leave application to begin contempt proceedings against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) for failing to recover her abducted daughter Prasana Diksa, Malay Mail reports.
Judicial Commissioner Bhupindar Singh made the decision after hearing submissions from both parties here this morning.
Her lawyer, L. Pavitra, said an appeal would be filed.
Indira’s ex-husband K. Pathmanathan, now known as Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, had run away with Prasana Diksa on 2009 when she was just 11 months old following a custodial battle with Indira, who was later granted custody over their three children in 2010.
He, as a convert, had also converted his three children to Islam.
The High Court had on May 30, 2014, ordered the police to recover Prasana Diksa and to return her to Indira.
The mandamus also compelled the police to enforce a committal order to arrest and commit Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, to prison, which is still pending to date.
Indira then filed contempt proceedings as the police had failed to comply with the order issued to recover Prasana.
Indira then filed a leave application to begin contempt proceedings against the inspector-general of police (IGP) and his subordinates for their failure to recover Prasana.
