UK, NRI woman missing from New Delhi, Le Meridien Hotel-police learnt that the woman had run away from London as she was not happy with her husband and did not want to continue living with him

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2004 12:55:06 AM ]

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have traced the NRI woman who was reported missing from the Indira Gandhi International airport on October 1. The anti-kidnapping section of crime branch traced London-based Veena Reddy to Mahila Dakshta Samiti in Bangalore.

On speaking to Reddy, the police learnt that the woman had run away from London as she was not happy with her husband and did not want to continue living with him. Reddy had not even informed her parents before lodging herself with the Samiti’s office. She reportedly lied to her parents and her husband and came to India. She told them she was to attend a training programme being organised by Edicon company.

When crime branch officials contacted Reddy, she requested the police to stop further inquiries and close the case. "We would inform her parents who can get in touch with her. As far as we are concerned, Reddy is safe and sound in Bangalore," said Luthra.

The missing case was registered with the New Delhi district on October 4 at the request of Reddy’s father. The case was later transferred to the crime branch which formed a special team under inspector Girish Kumar.

According to Reddy’s father, his daughter had reached the Delhi international airport on October 1. From there she called up her husband in London and her father claiming she had to attend a training programme. She was in touch with her father till October 4.

During the investigation, police learnt that Reddy had lied. On scrutinising her cell phone record, the police found that Reddy had not made any call from near the airport. When the video film recorded at the airport was scanned, the police noticed Reddy with a person.

Later inquiries were made at Christ College, Bangalore from where Reddy had completed her graduation. "She was still in touch with some of her friends there. Our team contacted these friends who subsequently revealed her whereabouts," Luthra added.

UK, NRI woman missing from New Delhi, Le Meridien Hotel

New Delhi:, Oct. 16, 2004
NRI Press

Veena Reddy, 28 years old woman, who had arrived in New Delhi on the night of October 01 from London and checked in at the upmarket Le Meridien Hotel, is missing. She had last spoken to her husband on October 4 over telephone. Veena Reddy had come to Delhi to undergo a professional training and was supposed to catch a return flight, Air India's AI-630 to London, on Saturday.

Veena's father Yella Reddy, a resident of Bangalore, lodged a missing report with the Parliament Street police station on Friday. Senior police officials involved in the investigation said they are looking into the circumstances prior to her disappearance. Also, the people she met after arriving at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, are being tracked. We are also investigating the possibility of her being kidnapped too, the officials added.

Veena was settled in London with her husband DM Nagraj, a software engineer. She too had recently got a job with Edicon Ltd, a London-based company. Veena arrived at Delhi on an Air India flight (AI-731) on the night of October 1. Her employer had sent her here to attend a 15-day training programme.

Reddy contacted her family members in Bangalore on October 2 and October 4. She had informed them of her arrival in Delhi and told them that she will provide them with the telephone numbers of her Delhi office and the hotel she was staying in.

Veenahad also called up her husband Nagraj on his cellphone and informed him of her stay at Le Meridien Hotel. Her brother-in-law Suresh, who has been camping in Delhi since she went missing, said, "We have not received any phone calls from her and nor do we know her whereabouts. We have contacted all our relatives but to no avail."