3 police teams to trace missing French woman

police on Thursday formed three teams to trace a 21-year-old French woman who had gone missing 13 days ago. She was last seen at a bus stand in Pushkar on June 1.

The police action comes a day after external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj assured the woman’s friends on Twitter that the authorities would ‘trace her’ soon. The woman, Gaelle Chouteau, went off the radar soon after she checked out of a Pushkar hotel on June 1. Information gathered from campaigns launched by her friends and relatives on Facebook and other social media platforms revealed that she had last communicated with them on June 1, while she was leaving the town.

“We have formed three teams to look for clues on the missing lady,” said Ajmer superintendent of police Rajendra Singh Chaudhary. “We have despatched the teams to Jaipur and also Jodhpur, which was the last place she stayed before coming here. According to the hotel owner, she had enquired about Tapukara in Alwar before checking out.”

According to Pushkar station house officer Mahaveer Sharma, footage from a CCTV camera installed in the vicinity of the Pushkar hotel showed her going towards the bus stand at around 6.36 am. “She checked out of the hotel at 5.45 am,” he added. “Her mobile phone is switched off and technical investigation is going on,” he added.

A report submitted to Chaudhary states that the woman had enquired about ways to reach Tapukara in Alwar before she went missing. Chaudhary admitted that he did not know if she actually reached Tapukara because no form C was found in Alwar police’s possession.

PUSHKAR(AJMER):Ajmer