A TENSE and emotional rally took place today as M. Indira Gandhi led around 80 supporters from SOGO to Bukit Aman, demanding that the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail, personally receive a teddy bear that belonged to her missing daughter, Prasana Diksa.
The toy, preserved for 16 years, has come to symbolise Indira’s long and unresolved struggle to reunite with her daughter, who was abducted as an infant by her ex-husband, Muhammad Riduan Abdullah.
Riduan remains at large despite multiple court orders.
Indira and her supporters staged a sit-in outside the Bukit Aman complex, eventually spilling onto the road and causing traffic disruptions.
When SAC Siti Kamsiah Hassan from the D11 division approached to accept the bear on behalf of the police, Indira refused, insisting the item must be handed directly to the IGP.
“We informed Bukit Aman in advance. This was supposed to be a symbolic handover,” said Arun Dorasamy, chair of the Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat), which helped coordinate the march.
Supporters repeatedly chanted, “We want IGP!” as Indira declared she was prepared to remain outside the complex indefinitely.
The demonstration follows a recent High Court directive ordering the police to intensify their search for both Riduan and Prasana, renewing legal pressure in a case long criticised for enforcement delays.
Several public figures, including members of parliament and former government ministers, joined the march to underscore concerns about accountability within law enforcement agencies.
As of late afternoon, Indira and her supporters continued their protest outside Bukit Aman, vowing not to disperse until the IGP personally receives the teddy bear, a poignant symbol of a mother’s 16-year fight for justice and reunion.
The crowd that had gathered outside Bukit Aman this afternoon to demand the meeting with and dispersed around 4.40pm after hours of waiting for the nation’s top police official to appear.
Arun said that Ipoh Barat Member of Parliament M. Kulasegaran had assured him that police would arrange a meeting between Indira Gandhi and the IGP within the next three weeks.
“I have spoken to Ipoh Barat MP Kulasegaran, who said he will make arrangements with police for Indira and Ingat to meet the IGP within the next three weeks. If nothing happens within those three weeks, we will protest,” Arun told reporters.
The March for Justice rally followed a viral social media post last month alleging that Muhammad Riduan Abdullah, the father who abducted Prasana Diksa in 2009, was still in Malaysia and had received government assistance, contradicting earlier official statements that he had left the country.
Prasana, who was just 11 months old at the time of her abduction following her father’s conversion from Hinduism to Islam, would now be approximately 17 years old.
This week, the High Court directed police to expand their search efforts for both the missing child and her father.
The protest marks the latest chapter in a 16-year-long campaign by Indira Gandhi to seek justice and locate her missing daughter, underscoring ongoing public scrutiny over the police’s handling of the case. - November 22, 2025
