German national missing in Kerala since March may have links with terror outfits
On March 7, Lisa Wiese landed in Thiruvananthapuram along with a UK national Ali Muhammad. Police say Lisa contacted her family in Germany last on March 10. But since then, there has been no news about her whereabouts.
True that Kerala is not a Bermuda Triangle where objects or people disappear, but the case of Lisa Wiese, a German national who has been missing since March 10, has left the state police in a state of botheration. This is more so because the Interpol has signalled that she may have links with terror outfits.
On March 7, Lisa Wiese landed in Thiruvananthapuram along with a UK national Ali Muhammad. Police say Lisa contacted her family in Germany last on March 10. But since then, there has been no news about her whereabouts. Her mobile phone is switched off and her Google accounts have reportedly been deleted, the police say.
The Kerala Police launched a search for the 31-year-old German national after her mother lodged a complaint recently. However, despite 11 days of search, police have been unable to trace her. A team headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police R Ilango is investigating the case.
In her embarkation form Lisa had declared that she would be visiting the Amritandandamai Math in Vallikavu, Kollam. This would apparently be her second visit to the Math. She had stayed there for two months in 2011 when she visited Kerala.
Police say Lisa’s visa (which was valid for a month) expired on April 5. She had flown to Thiruvananthapuram from Stockholm via Dubai and checked out of the airport on March 7.
“We are investigating the case and have sought help from the Interpol to locate Lisa’s travel companion Ali Muhammad (a UK national),” City Police Commissioner Dinedra Kashyap told India Today TV.
On his part, Ali Muhammad returned to the UK from Kochi on March 15.
City Police Commissioner Dinedra Kashyap said they have issued a look out notice about Lisa and have also shared her details and photographs with police of other states.
“So far we have found that Lisa has not left India,” Dinedra Kashyap said.
Police say that in his embarkation form, Lisa’s travel companion Ali Muhammad too had declared that he would be travelling to the Amritanandanmai Math.
However, the Math authorities have told informed police that neither Lisa nor Ali visited them.
In their investigations police have found that the Lisa and Ali visited a hotel in Kovalam Beach and Varkala after they landed. Police have also found that during their stay in Kerala, Lisa and Ali, did not fill Form C that is mandatory for foreigners while staying in a hotel or taking a home-stay.
“This indicates two possibilities. Either Lisa stayed with a private home or in a hostel run by religious groups,” a senior police official who is privy to the investigation told India today TV, adding that she has not checked in any other ports in India with her passport (number -C2XK5R238).
A questionnaire has also been prepared by police to be sent to the relatives of the missing woman through the German consulate, a senior official investigating the case said.
Source: India Today
