POLICE UPDATE 12.30pm 15/8/24: We are pleased to confirm that Zulekha Ali, who was reported missing from the Drylaw area of Edinburgh, has been traced safe and well.
Thank you to everyone who shared our appeal.
Police are seeking the assistance of the public in an effort to trace a 35-year-old woman missing from the Drylaw area of Edinburgh.
Zulekha Ali was last seen around 6.30am on Thursday, 15 August, 2024 within Waverley train station.
Zulekha is described as Asian, of medium build and wearing a dark-coloured hooded top or jacket, black trousers, a maroon t-shirt, navy shoes, dark-rimmed glasses and carrying a black handbag.
Officers are extremely concerned for Zulekha’s wellbeing and extensive enquiries are ongoing to trace her as soon as possible. Zulekha may have travelled to Glenrothes by train, arriving there around 7.50am on Thursday morning. She may have then travelled further north to the Dundee or Aberdeen areas.
Inspector Gavin McNeill said: “We are very concerned for Zulekha’s wellbeing and just want to know that she is safe. I urge anyone who has seen Zulekha or has any information or knowledge of her whereabouts to please contact us as soon as possible.”
Anyone with information should call Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident 0470 of 15 August, 2024.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
