Three missing girls traced in Chhattisgarh after week-long search by Hyderabad Police
Three minor girls who went missing from Hyderabad were safely located in Chhattisgarh after a week-long police investigation. The girls had left home voluntarily following a disagreement with their parents.
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T hree minor girls, who went missing from their home in Domalguda in Hyderabad on July 19, were traced safely in Chhattisgarh after a week-long search involving the scrutiny of 262 CCTV cameras and technical surveillance, the city police said.
The girls, aged 17, 16 and 15, had left their residence in Fareed Basti during the early hours of July 19. Their family, which had migrated from Chhattisgarh to Hyderabad in May this year for livelihood, lodged a missing complaint after frantic searches failed to locate them.
The police registered a case under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and formed four special teams comprising personnel from the Domalguda police station and the Secunderabad Task Force.
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