Cops intensify search for tsunami survivor
Article from www.newsindpress.com
Thursday April 6 2006 00:00 IST
CUDDALORE: The disappearance of a little boy, who was rescued twice from the jaws of death when the tsunami struck the Devanampattinam coast near here over a year ago, is as shrouded in mystery as ever.
Three-year-old G S Thalha of Udhagamandalam had disappeared on Black Sunday and every effort to trace him turned futile.
He was, incidentally, rescued by Superintendent of Police (SP) S Panneer Selvam on the same day. However, there was no information about his whereabouts later.The police commenced a fresh investigation on Wednesday to trace the boy when they stumbled on a clue - a photograph of Thalha.
Thalha had visited the Silver Beach in Devanampattinam along with his father Safiyullah (34), mother Parveen (28), brothers G S Thanveer (8) and Bhilal (1), and uncle Nawaz (14) on December 26, 2004.As the giant waves struck the coast, Safiyullah pushed Thalha into a car. He then rang up his friend Fhareed over cellular phone to inform him about the tsunami. But, Fhareed, in Udhagamandalam, could hear only loud splashes of the waves and the line got disconnected.While Thanveer and Nawaz were rescued by local residents, the bodies of Safiyullah, Parveen and Bhilal were recovered by the family members.Later, the Superintendent of Police informed the family that he had rescued Thalha and handed him over to “someone standing next to him”.
Based on a complaint by Umar Farooq, brother of Safiyullah, the SP formed a special team to trace the boy. The team visited several places and conducted searches.Farooq said, “The family members had screened more than 60 CDs and several thousand photographs taken during and after the tsunami.
Yesterday, they noticed a photograph of a teenaged girl with Thalha on her lap and two fisherwomen seated next to her.”Farooq gave the photograph to Panneer Selvam on Wednesday, who, in turn, immediately sent DSP K Feroz Khan Abdullah to Devanampattinam to investigate.
The team conducted combing operations and detained two fisherwomen, sources said.
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