The last time Lakshna Rau Soorichandran held his 10-year-old daughter was in December 2021. He is now seeking the government’s help to reunite them.

The 39-year-old lorry driver claimed that his ex-wife, who was then still married to him, fled abroad with their child, who was seven at the time, to join the following of controversial Indian guru Swami Nityananda.