The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and three others have filed an application seeking to strike out M Indira Gandhi’s suit over the police’s alleged failure to arrest her Muslim convert ex-husband and recover their daughter Prasana Diksa.

The IGP, the police, the Home Ministry and the government filed the striking-out bid at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur and served the cause papers on kindergarten teacher Indira today.

Indira’s counsel Rajesh Nagarajan confirmed that the four defendants filed the striking-out application.

“The defendants claim that there is an ongoing monitoring at the High Court in Ipoh, as such the civil suit (by Indira) ought to be struck out,” Rajesh said...