KOCHI: Santon Lama, son of Suraj Lama who went missing in Kochi following his deportation from Kuwait on October 5, filed a petition at the Kerala High Court on Tuesday seeking to locate his father.
Suraj, who had been working in Kuwait for several years, was hospitalised there with acute toxic leukoencephalopathy caused by alcohol poisoning and was reportedly suffering from memory loss and disorientation.
Despite his critical condition, the Kuwait authorities deported Lama to India. However, instead of sending him to his hometown in Bengaluru, Lama was deported to Kochi.
After this, he was seen in various places around Kochi was taken into custody by the Thrikkakara police on October 10.
The police later sent him to the Government Medical College Hospital, Kalamassery, in an ambulance. However, he went missing from there.
CCTV footage from the hospital shows him walking out unattended, after which his whereabouts remain unknown, said Santon.
The petitioner also alleged that despite registering a missing person FIR on October 8 by the Nedumbaserry police and his father having been in the custody of the Thrikkakara police, and later located at the Government Medical College, Kalamassery, the police have still been unable to trace him.
