Montreal police set up command post to help find missing mom

Investigators from the Montreal police’s crime unit are asking for the public’s help in the disappearance of Neena Chumber Rani – missing since Feb. 17.

A mobile command unit will be deployed Thursday between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at 1260 Gouin Blvd. west, in the Parc de la Merci sector, in Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

“I really hope that they find something and it brings my mom back home. That’s my hope honestly,” said her daughter Kirandeep Chumber.

Officers are hoping that someone may have seen something that can help with the search for the missing mother.

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No trace of woman since February 17

Neena Chumber Rani, 49, went missing from her Ahuntsic-Cartierville home on Feb. 17 – without a trace.

She left her wallet and phone behind and just drove away. Her car was later found abandoned with the keys on the seat.

Police identified her on video surveillance footage walking into Parc des Bateliers.

Her family have a reason to fear for her health and safety.

Chumber Rani is described as

Rani stands 5 feet, 1 inch tall, is of medium build, has long grey-black hair, black eyes, and brown skin.

She also has a beauty mark on her right eye.

She is believed to be wearing a brown, knee-length coat, a dark tuque and brown boots.

She speaks English, French and Punjabi and is known to spend time in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Parc-Extension areas.

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Untreated depression

According to her daughter, Chumber Rani had been dealing with bouts of depression and had made some disturbing remarks.

“We saw changes in her, but we didn’t really think much about it because it’s mental health and not a lot of people talk about mental health, especially in Brown, our Indian and South-Indian communities it’s not spoken often,” she says.

Her daughter tried to get her help, reaching out to her family doctor and several hospitals, but she was always put on waiting lists and no one was able to offer her the help she needed.

“I was just being tossed from one place to another,” she says, “when what I really needed was for my mom to get the right help. And if I did, my mom would probably be here today.”

The search continues

Since her mother’s disappearance Kirandeep has kept up the search in any way she can, putting up posters, speaking to media, and routinely calling police for updates on the case, but there have been no developments.

“It’s really hard, extremely hard, I can’t even describe it, I try to move on, I try to be strong, but it’s really hard. I have no closure. I still have hope, but it’s slowly going away.” 

Anyone with information related to her disappearance can contact 911 or, anonymously and confidentially, Info-Crime Montréal at 514 393-1133 or online.