Minor sisters missing from Jharkhand’s Pakur found in Andhra Pradesh

Pakur: Two minor sisters, who went missing while heading to school in Jharkhand’s Pakur district, were recovered from Nellore Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The girls, both students of the same school, had gone missing from the Amrapada police station area on Tuesday, following which their father lodged a complaint, SDPO Maheshpur Vijay Kumar told PTI.

Police launched a search operation using technical surveillance and local intelligence, and alerted railway stations across southern India.

Information was subsequently received from the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Nellore, where the girls were traced on Thursday night. A boy accompanying them was detained, the officer said.

The sisters were travelling from Pakur to Chennai and were intercepted at Nellore railway station.

“The girls will undergo medical examination at Nellore. After completion of legal formalities, they will be brought back to their home district within a day or two,” the SDPO said.

Police also ruled out the involvement of any school teacher in the incident, rejecting allegations made by the family. The teacher named in the complaint was found to be in Pakur, officials said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the sisters had left on their own. The elder sister, aged 17 and a Class 11 student, had gone with the boy who is her friend, while the younger sister, aged 13 and studying in Class 9, accompanied her, police said.

Further investigation is under way.