Para teacher and minor son 'missing'

RANCHI: Para teacher Soni Devi, who claimed to be the wife of state agriculture minister, Satyanand Jha, has allegedly gone missing after she met some newspersons at Basukinath in Dumka district on late Tuesday night.
Eyewitnesses in Dumka said some youths were seen with Soni in a white SUV outside a hotel in Basukinath at around 10 at night. Her minor son was also with her at that time."Apart from the para teacher and her
son, some associates of the state agriculture minister were also there in the SUV," said an eyewitness on condition of anonymity.
SP Dumka, Hemant Toppo, said no case of her missing or abduction was registered with the police till late Wednesday. "Unless someone comes and files a complaint with the police we cannot say or do anything. Ifsome case is brought to our notice by her family members then only we will look into the matter," said Toppo. Neither the para teacher nor her family members or any relative could be contacted till late in the evening. On the other hand, the minister
claimed innocence and said he is unwell and not able to lodge the defamation and forgery case against Soni. "I have not gone to lodge the case because of ill health. If there is any information about her abduction I will talk to my people in Dumka and try to find out her whereabouts," said the minister in Ranchi on Wednesday.
The minister on Tuesday morning had said that he would file a case of defamation and forgery against the para teacher for circulating a false agreement stating that the minister had accepted Soni as his wife.
Referring to a query about his associates being spotted at Basukinath on Tuesday, he said, "My son has gone to Basukinath to offer puja but this should not be misinterpreted. I have no relation with that woman and if she has gone missing no one from my family should be blamed just because she has been making false claims," said the minister.