The family of a 27-year-old autistic woman, Ayushi Majethia, who went missing from Chembur on March 25, has alleged that the police delayed registering a First Information Report (FIR) by 17 days. They say the delay by Chembur police as well as the lack of sensitivity by GRP personnel has cost them dearly, as the Valiv police had recovered an unidentified body of a woman on March 27 in  Vasai East and disposed it after post mortem. Her brother identified it from pictures.

Nishant Majethia, Ayushi’s brother, said, “I had told the officer that my sister is an autistic woman and needs special care. They ignored my request for an FIR, as they were confused over invoking the relevant section of IPC. I kept insisting they register a kidnapping case as her IQ level was equivalent to a child’s.”