KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 -- In a final and desperate bid to recover her long-abducted daughter, M. Indira Gandhi has initiated contempt of court proceedings against the Inspector-General of Police for the force's decade-long failure to execute a court order to locate the child.

The legal move comes with immense urgency, as Indira's daughter, Prasana Diksa, is set to turn 18 early next month.

At that point, Indira will lose her legal recourse under the Child Act to compel authorities to return Prasana, who was just 11 months old when she was taken by her ex-husband.

The committal application, filed in December 2025, accuses the police of being in contempt of a 2014 High Court recovery order that compelled them to find Prasana and arrest h...