navi mumbai the anticipatory bail application of a raigad woman who is absconding since she was booked for kidnapping her eightyearold granddaughter was rejected by mangaons district and additional sessions court on mondaythe woman has been untraceable since the bombay high court on november 15 ordered her to hand over the childs custody to the latters maternal grandmother on november 20 the maternal grandmother lodged a kidnap case against the raigad woman at the goregaon police station the childs father is facing death sentence in the uae for strangulating his wife in 2013 the couple had a love marriage in 2008 and had a daughter in 2009 later they moved to dubai leaving the child with the paternal mother however their relationship soured and it ended up in the childs mothers murder worried about the childs safety the maternal grandmother and her kin have urged the police to trace the raigad woman as soon as possible and also issue a lookout notice at airportsit was a hard fought and bitter legal battle for the custody of the child and the high court eventually ruled in the favour of the maternal grandmother however the paternal grandmother has violated the hc ruling by kidnapping the girl the police needs to do something we fear for the worse said former vicechairman of maharashtra minorities commission abraham mathaia raigad police official told toithat they are trying to trace the accused and that her anticipatory bail application was rejected on december 11i have spoken to the head of konkan police range so that the investigation is expedited we will also quiz other family members of the raigad resident he addedthe maternal grandmother had recently told toi that she had refused her soninlaw mercy which could have saved him under the uae laws in 2014 she moved the high court to get the custody of her granddaughterthe paternal grandmother has levied wild and baseless allegations but the high court judge has given a clear order that the minor girl should be taken care of by the maternal grandmother said mathai when toi recently contacted the raigad superintendent of police anil paraskar he said our investigation is in process and efforts are on to trace the accused woman and the minor girl