26/11 'witness' faces complaint for 'misleading' police

Mumbai, Jan 16 (PTI) The tale of the woman who claimed
she was taken to the US by investigators on her being a
witness to the arrival of terrorists in Mumbai on November 26,
turned curiouser Friday with police rubbishing her version and
slapping a case against her.

Police lodge a non-cognisable complaint against Anita
Uddaiya for allegedly misleading them.

"We have lodged a complaint under IPC Section 182
(giving false information with the intention of forcing a
public servant to use his lawful power) against her," Joint
Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said.

It was unlikely she had been taken to the US, he said,
adding the Crime Branch also recorded Uddaiya's statement
Friday.

Uddaiya, a resident of the Fishermen's colony in Cuffe
Parade area of South Mumbai, had said she had seen the 10
terrorists, who carried out the terror strikes, arrive in a
rubber dinghy.

She went missing from her residence on January 11
after which her daughter filed a missing persons complaint.

However, the woman mysteriously returned on Wednesday,
and after initially claiming she had gone to Satara district,
said she had been taken to the US by authorities for
questioning.

The police could also register a complaint against
Uddaiya's daughter, who filed the missing persons complaint,
for misleading them, Maria said.

"We will have to seek the court's permission to carry
out further investigation. If permission is granted, Crime
Branch will further investigate the matter," he said. PTI AG
PMR