The police will again search for the body of Sumanta Bansi, who has been missing for four years, in the Hulk recreation area in Scharwoude. That is what the family’s lawyer, Priya Soekhai, says after reporting about it in the Telegraaf.
The reason is a tipster who reported at the newspaper. Probably because of all the attention about the lawsuit against the two suspects of her missing: Manodj B. and his father Dwarka B.
Man was digging
The man says in the newspaper that he remembers a walk in 2018 in the Hulk recreation area near Scharwoude. It was dusk when he saw a man in the bushes and he was visibly startled. He had a bag with him and was digging in the ground.
At that time, the hiker didn’t make much of it, but now he thought differently and went to the Telegraaf. This eventually signaled the police, who decided to start a new search today.
Last year there was also a search for a week in the area, but without success† Phone data from Manodj B. showed that he came to the recreation area on the evening of the disappearance, February 18, 2018. A place he normally never went. He himself said that he was walking.
New hope family
The search gives new hope to Sumanta’s family. Her father Marlon Bansi and mother Sharmila Nanda are in the Netherlands to attend the trial. During a victim statement, they once again expressed their hope that it will finally become clear where Sumanta has gone.
“Be a man and at least tell us where to find her. We can’t even say goodbye to her,” Sumanta’s father asked the suspects during the trial. But both men still deny any involvement. The lawsuit will continue on Tuesday and the suspects will hear the sentence from the Public Prosecution Service.