Bengaluru Girl, 18, Missing For Over 7 Months Traced Using Aadhaar OTP
An 18-year-old student from Bengaluru who had been missing for seven months was located after she used her Aadhaar-linked OTP. Police found her living with her husband in a village, and she has since been reunited with her parents.
Why it matters
This case highlights the role of digital identity infrastructure in law enforcement and missing persons investigations in India.
A second-year PUC student who went missing from Bengaluru in January was traced earlier this week after more than seven months through an Aadhaar-linked OTP, police said.The 18-year-old, who went missing from Vidyaranyapura on January 31, was traced to a village in Kanakapura taluk, where she was found living with a man she had married, they said.A senior CID officer said the girl was married and pregnant but did not divulge further details.According to police, the girl had left home along with a minor friend, telling her family that they were going to college.
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