The woman left Korea without notifying anyone about her solo journey to India in February. She was unable to board her aircraft on February 10, which was her scheduled return date.After speaking with at least 100 informants and inhabitants of central Delhi for two days, a group of eight Delhi Police officers managed to locate a 70-year-old South Korean tourist who had been listed as “missing” by the embassy of his home country for more than a month.
Wearing a green jacket and beige slacks, the woman was discovered on Thursday morning seated in a congested road close to the New Delhi railway station.”The woman had planned a solo trip to India in February and left Korea without telling anyone in her family,” a top Delhi Police officer stated. On February 10, she was scheduled to fly home, but after airline employees reported her for engaging in “violent” behavior, she was denied boarding.
An unidentified IGI airport official also verified this to HT. HT is withholding the woman’s name.The police officer, who wished to remain anonymous, stated that on Monday, one month after she failed to return home, her family, not knowing where she was, contacted the Indian embassy after discovering printouts of her itinerary at her home.One day later, the embassy filed a missing person’s case with the Delhi Police. At that point, the IGI airport’s Delhi police unit went into action.
The CCTV trail showed that the elderly woman headed toward the skywalk close to the New Delhi Railway Station after being denied permission to return home.As part of the team that located her, another police official stated: “We followed the CCTV trail from Dhaula Kuan, Delhi Aerocity, to Shivaji Stadium and New Delhi.” On February 10, we learned that she was spotted exiting the airport. After that, she rode the Metro to the skywalk next to Ajmeri Gate. She slept beneath the skywalk that night.”
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The woman continued to stay in the vicinity after that, according to the second officer. She made brief trips on the Metro, but she would spend the night close to the train station, according to CCTV footage captured at the train station and Metro stations. She had very little cash and no debit card. She would go to shrines to get food or sit with beggars.
The cop, who wished to remain anonymous, stated, “We don’t know how she survived without any help.”According to authorities, she was discovered seated with strangers on Thursday.Given the size of the area where she was seen on CCTV, the initial investigator claimed that posters were put on walls and a network of informers was established.
“We asked hotel proprietors, auto-rickshaw drivers, hawkers, and taxi drivers, but we received no leads. We later learned from an informant that a woman who appeared to be “old and Korean” was spotted close to the New Delhi train station. A few autorickshaw drivers attested to having seen her as well. That’s how we located her,” the second detective stated.
How did she get it through?
Although the woman has been located, it is still unknown how she managed to go by for more than 30 days without assistance, despite a language barrier, little money, and neither a phone nor a shelter.
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According to Usha Rangnani, DCP (IGI Airport), the woman is elderly and illiterate in Hindi and English. The group worked hard on the CCTV trail and archived video. In search of hints, we had to have examined over 500 CCTV cameras located in the vicinity of the airport, train and metro stations, and marketplaces. We eventually located her as a result of our hard work. She is safe and healthy even if she hasn’t been cooperating. The doctors who examined her after we sent her for one claimed she is fine.
The woman was initially relieved to hear that her family was hunting for her, according to the police, but she stopped cooperating when they questioned her about the trip.
“Her mental state might be disturbed. She becomes agitated when we try to ask her questions. Our translator was also present, but she has since declined to speak with them. We are pleased with the case’s resolution for the time being. Her family and the diplomatic staff are also relieved. She will be returned to Korea after the legal process is concluded, the first investigator stated.
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