6ème
anniversaire de la disparition de Jean-Baptiste Talleu le 5 décembre 2013
Le 1er décembre, la famille Talleu
s’est envolée pour l’Inde :
Une semaine mouvementée à Bombay pour reprendre
contact avec les autorités indiennes et françaises, et les journalistes.
C’est chose faite, et en ce 11 décembre,
anniversaire de Jean-Baptiste (32 ans), nous sommes à Auroville, près de
Pondichéry, avec sa sœur jumelle, sa sœur ainée et sa nièce.
Là aussi nous relançons les contacts avec les autorités locales, pour vérifier certains dires.
A Bombay, l’entrevue avec la police est plutôt
positive :
Selon les affirmations des policiers, il est
tout à fait possible et souhaitable de confronter les empreintes digitales de
Jean-Baptiste avec celles des millions d’indiens qui sont recueillies
actuellement pour le grand recensement nommé Aadhaar.
Les échos venant de France nous disent au
contraire que c’est très compliqué…
Article du "Times of India" du 6 décembre 2013 :
MUMBAI: It is French national Marie-Claire Talleu's fifth visit to India since 2007 when her son Jean-Baptiste went missing. The Talleus are not ready to call off their search for the 26-year-old who had set off on a cycling tour of the world.
Jean-Baptiste's family has since been running from pillar to post for a hint on his whereabouts; they have appealed and met senior police officers in the Indian police force , French consular officials in Mumbai, diplomats in France and journalists.
"In 2010, a special team from the French police had come to India to investigate inquire into the matter. The team comprised two police officers from Paris.But the Indian police wouldn't hand them over a copy of a file on Jean-Baptiste's file. We want to request the Indian police to provide a copy. We also want them to explore the possibility of abduction," said Marie-Claire, who could only speak French initially, but has taught herself some English now.
Jean-Baptiste's twin sister, Catherine, said she has mixed feelings about finding her brother, but doesn't want India to forget about him. "The French ministry wanted to stop pursuing the matter but my mother gave them two reasons not to. She told them about a lead that we had received from Gujarat," said Catherine.
"Someone had noticed a cyclist resembling my brother in a Jain institute near Girnar (Gujarat). The cyclist was saying that he had lost all his belongings. We want cops the Indian police to conduct a search in Gujarat. Secondly, we learnt that the Indian government had taken fingerprints of all citizens as part of the UID (Aadhar) registration drive. These prints could be compared with my brother's to check if there's a match," she added.
The case is presently with the Maharashtra state CID and the Talleus approached them last year. But the response was not encouraging__ the state CID said they had checked in all zones in the state and would look at the case afresh if they received more clues.
Besides Mumbai, the Talleus have scoured been to Goa, Delhi, Pondicherry and Gujarat.
In Pondicherry, they grew close to children in an orphanage and have been sponsoring a girl named Kaveri. Marie Claire's husband, Pierre, says he did not particularly like India after what happened with his son but subsequent visits changed his mind__ he now loves the country.
Recently, an Indian filmmaker approached the Talleus to direct a film on the missing cyclist. He visited the family twice in France and talks are in progress. "We have all lost dear ones; it is part of life. But it is not knowing what happened to Jean Baptiste that is really painful for us," Marie Claire has written in her blog.
