Karnataka: Kodagu woman, 9, makes emotional plea to search out deceased mother’s lacking cellphone, cops on toes

As an open letter penned by a nine-year-old from Kodagu went viral, the Karnataka police on Sunday confirmed that they had been on the search to search out her a cell phone which allegedly went lacking from a Covid-19 hospital. The proprietor of the cellphone — the kid’s mom — succumbed to the virus on May 16..
“My father, my mother and I tested positive for Covid-19. As the health condition of my mother deteriorated, she was admitted to the Madikeri Covid hospital. My father and I were under home quarantine and could not step outside then,” Hrithiksha, a resident of Kushalnagar wrote in a letter addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu, the MLA, and the employees of the district Covid-19 hospital.

Hrithiksha, daughter of a every day wage employee in Kushalnagar, misplaced her mom to Covid-19 on May 16. She is requesting individuals who may need taken her mom’s cellular at Covid hospital in Madikeri to present it again. She says that cellular has lots of recollections of her mom. pic.twitter.com/5lSJ4Yrhav
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She additional wrote, “My father is a daily wage worker and we were able to survive these days with the help of neighbours. My mother passed away on May 16. Someone has taken my mother’s mobile phone which was with her. I have lost my mother and become an orphan. I have several memories of my mother on that phone. I request, whoever has taken the phone or finds it, to return it…”
Hrithiksha’s father Naveen Kumar instructed indianexpress.com, “My wife T K Prabha (36) succumbed to Covid-19 on May 16. However, as her other belongings were handed over to us promptly, her mobile phone has been missing. We tried calling that number several times but the phone is switched off.”
Kumar added that his daughter was crying since then as she wished to get the cellphone. “Hrithiksha has saved a lot of fond memories of our family in that phone as photos, videos, and other files. She attended online classes using her mother’s phone. I feel helpless now as neither finding the phone nor buying her a new phone looks possible.”
Meanwhile, because the little one’s plea went viral on social media, many customers requested the police to take swift motion. To a tweet, Karnataka DG&IGP Praveen Sood replied, “Our team is on the job. But too many people claiming or working on it does not help the cause. We will do our best to trace.”

Our workforce is on the job. But too many individuals claiming or engaged on it doesn’t assist the trigger. We will do our greatest to hint.
— DGP KARNATAKA (@DgpKarnataka) May 23, 2021
At the identical time, Kodagu police confirmed that they had been coordinating with the hospital authorities to search out the cellphone. “We are also using all facilities to trace the phone as soon as possible and have alerted other stations in the district as well. A case has been filed here based on their complaint,” an officer from Kushalnagar police station mentioned.