Mangalore: Missing Girls Traced Near Shivbagh
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)
Update: October 13
Mangalore, Oct 13: The four school girls who went missing on the evening of Friday October 12 have been traced near Shivbagh.
Lavanyna, Prathiksha, Nishmitha and Dhanya, students of Capitanio high school had gone missing after school hours. A search operation was launched, but they remained untraced till early morning of Saturday October 13.
On October 13 early morning, the girls were traced to a house in Shivbagh, where they had taken shelter for the night.
It is said that a lady who stays alone in a house near ESI hospital, out of compassion for the girls, agreed to give them shelter for the night provided they leave in the morning. Though police had searched Shivbagh area, the girls could not be located. On Saturday morning the girls were traced and rounded up from the house.
The four girls were taken to the police station and then sent back to their respective houses.
The girls said that they had got less marks in exams and feared being reprimanded at home, and hence decided to run away.
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Mangalore, Oct 12: Four girls of Capitanio high school, Pumpwell have reportedly gone missing.
It is learnt that they went missing after school hours at 3.30 pm on Friday October 12. They did not return home and were in their uniforms.
The missing girls are Nishmitha, Prathiksha, Lavanya and Dhanya, all of them studying in standard 8.
All the four are residents of Kodakkal area in Kannur.
Mangalore rural police have launched a search operation for the four girls.
As soon as the news spread, a large crowd gathered outside the school premises.
Sources said that they were spotted at near Shivbagh having charmuri. It is learnt that they also enquired in two houses in Shivbagh for job, but were refused.
They are said to have been poor in studies and were allegedly reprimanded for getting low marks in exams. Dejected by this, they reportedly ran away.
However, no definite clue has emerged yet on their whereabouts. The police have searched various places like Kadri Temple premises, KSRTC bus stand, Kankanady railway station, Karavali Utsav grounds and others, but in vain.
More details to be updated.