Form join team to trace Jhansi boy missing since Feb: HC to MP & UP cops
Bhopal: A division bench of the MP High Court has asked the DGPs of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to constitute a joint police team of the two states within a week to search for a minor boy who went missing from Mauranipur town in Jhansi district.
Hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the grandfather of the missing boy, the bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Vivek Jain gave the direction, holding that coordinated efforts by the Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh police would be required to locate the 15-year-old missing boy.
The petitioner, Mukesh Sripal, in his petition, said that he is an auto driver and lives in Mohania locality under Ranjhi police station at Jabalpur.
The daughter of Shivkumar Gupta, his neighbour, is married in Mauranipur town in Jhansi district. After Diwali, Gupta asked him to send his grandson to Mauranipur to get acquainted with running a shop from his son-in-law.
Until Feb, they were in touch with the boy over mobile, but his mobile went off on Feb 15, 2025. His family members went to Mauranipur to meet the child, and a missing person report was lodged with the police, but the police failed to trace him till now.
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After the initial hearing, the division bench said that in view of the special circumstances of the case, the DGPs of the two states are advised to constitute a joint police team to locate the child. The joint police team should be constituted within seven days. Advocate Abhishek Rishi appeared in the case for the petitioner.
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