In 1991, Sabah, Shakereh's second daughter, found that she was unable to locate her mother. Despite repeated enquiries about Shakereh's whereabouts to her mother's second husband, he consistently avoided giving a proper answer. In 1992, Sabah's anxiety grew and she filed for a "habeas corpus" at the Ashok Nagar Police Station in Bangalore. For three years, the Swami evaded questions from the family, friends and legal authorities of the state. He lived in Bangalore like a king, pretending his wife was on a perpetual holiday.