Vadodara: A police inspector is in the dock as his wife has been missing for a month. The Vadodara superintendent of police (rural) has ordered an inquiry in the case after the cops failed to track down 37-year-old Sweety Desai who is wife of special operations group (SOG) rural police inspector, Ajay Desai.
The police said that the couple got married in 2015 and were staying in Karjan together. “On June 4 the couple was at home. Desai said that when he woke up on June 5, he couldn’t find Sweety. He searched for her but when he couldn’t find his wife, Desai informed Sweety’s brother Jaydeep Patel who rushed to the city,” said Kalpesh Solanki, deputy superintendent of police (DySP) who is conducting an inquiry in the case.
When Patel, a resident of Dakor, too failed to find her, he approached the Karjan police and filed a missing person application on June 6. The cops had taken statements of Desai and Sweety’s family members but they failed to track her down. “After the inquiry was ordered, we have printed posters with Sweety’s photograph and distributed it at temples, crossroads, railway stations and bus stops in Vadodara rural and city,” Desai told TOI.
The cops have also inquired at hospitals, hotels and Naari Sanrakshan Gruh to ascertain if she had visited these places. Sweety had left her mobile phone at home so the possibility of tracking her through her phone location is out of the question. The police have also gone through the CCTV footage of June 4 of the locality and even the residential colony where she was staying. Interestingly, Sweety isn’t seen exiting her colony or the area in any of the footage.
When asked if they suspect Desai of any foul play, Solanki said, “As of now we don’t have any doubt on him. Even Sweety’s brother said that he doesn’t feel that Desai has any role in his wife’s missing case. We are making all efforts to track her down,” Solanki added. If need be, the cops may approach the court for Desai’s polygraph test.
