On Wednesday afternoon, a toddler dressed in a pink-striped sweater and red pants sat patiently at Dayalpur Police Station in North East De...
On Wednesday afternoon, a toddler dressed in a pink-striped sweater and red pants sat patiently at Dayalpur Police Station in North East Delhi’s Gokulpuri. She did not speak much and fiddled with the strings hanging from her sweater as policemen hovered around her, making calls to look for her parents.
The toddler, as Scroll.in reported on March 2, was found crying next to Medina Masjid in Shiv Vihar on February 24, as communal violence engulfed the area. She was spotted by Saood Alam and his family who were escaping the violence. Alam picked her up and brought her to a mosque where his family took refuge. Later, they moved to an empty house in Babunagar which had been opened up by its owner to accommodate displaced families.
The toddler was in Alam’s care since that day. While she spoke enough to ask for food, she was unable to reveal her name.
After the report was published, volunteers working with the Delhi government contacted Scroll.in, seeking more details on the child. On March 4, a coordinator from the Delhi Commission for Women visited the relief camp where the toddler was staying and brought her and Alam to the police station to file a missing complaint.
At the police station, Alam stood close to the child....
