Rahul Missing Case

Rahul Missing case concerns a seven year old boy, who was found missing since 18 May 2005, while playing with friends in his neighborhood near Alappuzha in Kerala, India. The local police that investigated the case could not find any evidences and the case is at present being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation, India's premier investigating agency. [cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/15/stories/2005121508910400.htm |title=Boy missing case: probe takes a new turn |publisher=The Hindu]

Background of the Case

Rahul, the only son of Raju, was playing with his friends in the neighborhood when he took a break and went to drink water from a public tap in the corner of the playground. He was last seen by friends that a bearded middle-aged man was standing near to Rahul who snatched his cricket bat and threw it to friends.

His friends collected the bat and continued playing. Later they noticed that Rahul was not playing with them. [cite web |url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20050521103732&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0 |title=Boy goes missing under mysterious circumstances |publisher=The New Indian Express]

Enquiries

The local police that investigated the case had questioned many people including a neighborhood middle aged man. Later they found that the person’s statements were false and fabricated. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of the boy is still continuing as there are no tangible evidences being found. CBI had questioned different people including his neighbors.

In February 2006, the CBI had decided to make a neighborhood youth to undergo a narco analysis test and approached the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court for permission. The court later commented that no special permission is needed to conduct a test. Earlier the alleged person had undergone a polygraph test also. But again there was not much evidences being found. [cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/22/stories/2006022212900300.htm |title=Court sanction not needed for narcoanalysis test|publisher=The Hindu] [cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/19/stories/2006021907240300.htm |title=Missing child case takes new turn |publisher=The Hindu]

Current status

The local police and the CBI are clueless as they could not find any tangible evidences till now, despite the all different enquiries. However, it is widely believed that he was kidnapped, but no other information available as whether the child is alive or murdered. [cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/story/22961.html |title=Sex, begging mafia trap Kerala kids: 400 in 2002, now over 1000 |publisher=The Indian Express (Pictured)]

See also

List of kidnappings

References