Orissa high court directs Puri SP to form STF to trace missing toddler

The Orissa High Court has directed the Puri Superintendent of Police to form a special task force to investigate the alleged kidnapping of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in December 2023. Expressing dissatisfaction with the lack of progress, the court emphasized the child's welfare and ordered personal monitoring of the probe, with a progress report due by March 16, 2026.

Orissa high court directs Puri SP to form STF to trace missing toddler
The Orissa High Court has directed the Puri Superintendent of Police to form a special task force to investigate the alleged kidnapping of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in December 2023. Expressing dissatisfaction with the lack of progress, the court emphasized the child's welfare and ordered personal monitoring of the probe, with a progress report due by March 16, 2026.