LAILA KHAN DISAPPEARANCE The missing of 6 members of the family without a trace for a such along time is baffling.How the Mumbai police took so long for a break through is a mystery The mysterious fire strange at their Igatpuri residence should have raised alarm bells The hunt for the caretaker should have been the first step The third husband should have been the main suspect Whether he was interrogated seriously by the Mumbai police is not known In puts have been obtained from her previous husbands. Some tracking could have been done about their movements before they left for Dubai or vanished without a trace They would have not remained in incommunicado for such a long period, If they had relocated as given to understand by the present accused, it could have been verified through airlines Had it not been for J.K police casual instinct and inquisitiveness, the case would have languished in the doldrums.It is the inputs from the J.K police that led to the break through of this dastardly crime of 6 of the family The diligent search of the sprawling complex could have led to unearthing of some clues The questioning of the earlier husbands could have thrown some hints about the landed properties and other immovable, properties at stake. The second husband was the recipient of Power of Attorney and had been given care taker status and should have been privy about the movement and place of relocating It looks that the Mumbai police did a shoddy job of not suspecting the possible motives of all the three husbands and had least interests in solving the disappearance of so many people together There was a suspicion that Laila, a small time starlet was involved in terrorists activity, enabling possible movement of arms It is surprising that Mumbai police with their expertise allowed to slip this crime through their hands There was enough evidence from lay man point waiting to be excavated for the trained eyes The Mumbai police, for once did not cover themselves with glory Nelson Lopes Chinchinim