Mumbai: The tale of the woman who claimed she was taken to the US by investigators because she was a witness to the arrival of terrorists in Mumbai on November 26, turned curiouser on Friday with police rubbishing her version and slapping a case against her.
Police lodged 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 on Friday.
Uddaiya, a resident of the Macchimar Nagar 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.
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