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Chandigarh: Two girls go missing after school, kidnapping case registered
Police are investigating a case involving two minor girls from Jagatpura, Mohali, who went missing after attending school in Chandigarh
Police are investigating a case involving two minor girls from Jagatpura, Mohali, who went missing after attending school in Chandigarh on Thursday.
The father of one of the missing girls, lodged a missing person complaint after the 11-year-old did not return from school. He told police that he last dropped off his daughter at the Government Model School, Sector 48, on Thursday morning, but had not heard from her since.
The police, on checking school records and CCTV footage, found that the child had attended school on Thursday. They found additional footage of her leaving school premises after working hours.
During preliminary investigation, the police found that a friend of the 11-year-old girl, who is studying in Government School, Sector 47, had also gone missing. The police said both girls reside in the same locality and are suspected to be together.
Police teams have been sent out to nearby areas in search of the children. Meanwhile, two separate cases under Section 363 (kidnapping) of the IPC were registered in the Sectors 49 and 31 police stations.
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