Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Apr 21:  Two cases relating to claiming the custody of a child of a Mumbai-based family got registered in Mumbai and Manipal police stations respectively. The struggle between the father and mother of the child in question ended with the Manipal policemen deciding to transfer the case to their Mumbai counterpart on Wednesday April 20.

Frederick from Udyavar near here had married Cynthia from the town. The couple, who settled down in Mumbai, has a girl child. After differences between husband and wife reached a point of no return, Frederick took the child and went to his native place. Immediately upon learning about the incident, his wife filed a complaint in Vashi police station Mumbai, claiming that the child had been abducted by its father.

Upon learning that the father of the child was travelling by train, the Vashi policemen contacted the Manipal policemen. With the help of Konkan Railway police, the policemen from Manipal took Frederick into custody on Tuesday afternoon, immediate after he alighted from the train at the local railway station. The Vashi policemen, accompanied by the woman in question, reached Manipal on Wednesday.

Thereupon, the Manipal policemen transferred the case to Mumbai, and the policemen of Vashi went back to Mumbai along with Frederick and his child.