A man watched police vehicles enter the headquarters of a religious sect and felt hope for answers about his missing children’s mother. Lisa Wiese, a 30-year-old German member of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, disappeared in Kerala, India, in March 2019 after sending an email from a budget hotel. In April 500 police officers raided the sect’s UK headquarters in Crewe and arrested 12 people on suspicion of offences including modern-day slavery, human trafficking, forced marriage, and rape. The 12 were bailed pending further inquiries. The investigation, Operation Decker, targeted individuals based on allegations from a woman in the Republic of Ireland and was stated to be unrelated to Wiese’s disappearance. German and Indian police opened investigations and sought to question a sect member, with limited progress. Wiese’s ex-husband urged UK police to widen their investigation to help connect the cases and find answers.
"As he watched the footage of a convoy of police vehicles driving through the security gates of the headquarters of a religious sect, AbdelRahman Hashem felt a glimmer of hope. Maybe now his two children would get answers to what happened to their mother. The last time the children heard from her was seven years ago. In an email sent from a budget hotel in India, she had written: Mommy loves and misses them so much, so very much they are both my best friends and my favorite people in the whole world. Two days later, she disappeared."
"In April, 500 police officers raided the sect's headquarters. Twelve people were arrested on suspicion of a range of offences including modern-day slavery, human trafficking, forced marriage and rape. All 12 have now been bailed pending further inquiries. Police raided the sect's UK headquarters in Crewe in April. Photograph: Cheshire constabulary The police investigation, code-named Operation Decker, has targeted individuals and not the religious group as a whole."
"It centres on allegations from a woman now in the Republic of Ireland. It has nothing to do with Wiese, and AROPL previously told the Guardian that it did not have any information about her disappearance. Wiese is a German national and police there and in India opened investigations shortly after she went missing. They identified a member of AROPL they wanted to question but made little progress with their inquiries."
"Now Wiese's ex-husband hopes the police raid on the group's UK headquarters may lead to answers. I want Cheshire police to widen their investigation to look into the disappearance of Lisa, he said. German and Indian police both wanted to question the same member of AROPL. Surely the police in the UK can help make this happen. I miss"
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