Three arrested after missing girl dies in road accident in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: A 16-year-old girl, who had been reported missing, died in a road accident in Hoskote on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

The incident, which occurred on October 24, came to light on Tuesday.

Police said the girl’s father, a labourer, filed a complaint at the Bannerghatta police station on October 24 after his daughter, who left for school at 9.30 am, did not return home.

The FIR stated that she had boarded a bus, but never reached her class. The father also told the police he had heard her speaking on the phone with a boy and suspected she may have gone with him.

“It was learnt later that the girl died in a road accident,” a police officer said.

Police have arrested three people who were with the girl at the time, booking them under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. Investigation is ongoing.