Three minor girls go missing

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 15

Three minor girls have gone missing in the district in the past few days.

Kavita, a resident of Ranchi Colony, complained that her 15-year-old daughter who worked as a domestic help in Rajguru Nagar went to work in the morning on October 12, but did not return.

Badri Prasad, a resident of Singhpura Road, said his 17-year-old daughter Manju, who also worked as a domestic help, had gone to work on October 6, but did not return. “The next day, I received a call from the woman she works for saying that she had not reported for work on October 6,” he said.

The police have registered a case against unidentified persons in both the cases under Section 346 (wrongful confinement in secret) of the Indian Penal Code.

Chaman Lal, a resident of Sewak Nagar in Dholewal, approached the police after his 16-year-old daughter Sonali did not return from school on October 6. “She had left for school as usual at 9 am but I found out that she had not reached the school. I suspect that someone must have inveigled her into going somewhere,” he said.

The police have registered a case against one Mansi, a resident of the same locality, on the complaint of Chaman Lal under sections 363 (kidnapping) and 366A (procreation of minor girl) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the POCSO Act.