Bengaluru still had to learn more, as just three months later, two of the students were missing. So the authorities called in CID to investigate this case further. This message was spreading rapidly when their own families feared for their own children, and the police came under intense pressure to try and seize control.
A complaint was lodged with Vidyaranyapura Police Station after Tanishka and Tejaswini went missing. This case is a precinct subject--and is considered of particular concern. The teens disappeared on January 31 as they took their Aadhaar cards with them and left their homes, complicating the case even further.
Despite heavy searches and lots of investigations, local authorities haven’t found the students in the matter to this day. They lost family members who can neither draw lines nor pinpoint just where they are. The parents of the missing students had previously approached the Karnataka High Court, lodged a habeas corpus petition there seeking immediate relief to search for and identify their daughters, but were frustrated that there was nothing in play regarding the case. It put the case in the court’s lap, but by the time law enforcement got involved, the mystery remained unsolved.
The families also asked the case to be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has never achieved an important breakthrough except in theory, in the hopes that a central agency might offer more resources for the case and expertise. However, the case was decided by officials to be transferred to the Crime Investigation Department instead.
All files, evidence and investigative files have been lodged with the CID team by officials of Vidyaranyapura Police Station for a transfer order. The special unit is then set to look over every aspect of the case, including digital footprints, personal contacts and possible excursions made to catch the suspects.
As a suspect investigation, the CID will likely apply a new strategy, potentially investigating other leads (but not always at that time) by the outset and conducting further interrogations. They might also scrutinise surveillance footage, financial transactions and communications records to detect buried evidence that could aid investigators in finding the missing students.
The case is likely to be heard again soon, possibly on Monday, during which the investigation could unfold. Towards the future, the families must have waited for some updates on CID’s transfer for whatever reason, and we hope it just comes up, that it will, at least.
The case shows how difficult missing persons cases can be, especially with few leads to trust and no clear foul play in sight. That also depicts the emotional toll such scenarios take on families. People are left to find answers while still navigating our legal and investigative architectures and frameworks without answers as they look for information.
