Bhatkal: Missing Women, Children Found with Two Men in Rented House
Yahya Hallare
Daijiworld Media Network - Bhatkal
Bhatkal, Sep 25: In a new development, the seven women and children of a family from Bhatkal who had gone missing in Vijaywada were found in a rented house at Narasaraopet in Guntur district, about 150 km from Vijaywada.
The police, acting on a tip off, raided the house on Monday September 23 and found Bibi Fathima, her sister Salma along with their children and a 15-year-old girl. Two unmarried men were also with them.
It may be recalled that Bibi Fathima (25), wife of Imran Mashayik, a resident of Bhatkal Maghdum Colony, their children Irfan Mashayik (4) and Khadija Amreen (4 months); Fathima's sister Salma Saiyyad Afsar (23) and her children Saiyyad Sabir Afsar (4) and Saiyyad Bashira (2); and their relative Syeda Hajibee aka Sanni (15) had gone missing after visiting Fathima's mother's house in Vijaywada on September 11.
The news had made headlines everywhere, including in Vijaywada, where a case had been registered. The owner of the house, on seeing the missing persons' photograph in papers realized that they had rented the house from him. He immediately informed the police who then conducted the raid and rounded them up. They were then taken to Vijaywada police station.
The other two men who were found with the women and children were identified as Sheikh Amin (23) and Syed Baji (20). Police claim that these men and the two sisters were neighbours in Vijaywada, and had an affair going from many years. The women went with the men on their own accord and rented the house, where all of them including the children stayed together since September 11, said Vijaywada 2nd town police inspector Prasad Rao.
However, Fathima's husband Imran rubbished claims of an affair and said that he and Fathima were happily married for several years now with absolutely no marital discord between them. "I cannot imagine how she could have an affair. Those men may have lured our 15-year-old girl relative," he said. He also said that he would be going to Vijaywada to bring all the seven back.
Vijaywada police are investigating the case.