3 minor girls go missing from home, located later
Mysuru: The sudden disappearance of three minor girls on Sunday night caused panic among their family members in Nanjangud town.
The girls travelled from Nanjangud to Subramanya in Dakshina Kannada district on a
bus.
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They carried their Aadhaar cards to avail themselves of the free ticket facility extended by the KSRTC to women passengers.
Their parents approached the police in the evening as their children didn't return home and could not be located. Police located the children using CCTV camera footage at the Nanjangud bus stand and later at the Subramanya bus stand.
However, on Sunday night, they returned to Saragur in Mysuru district to the home of one of the missing girl's grandparent, police said. Later, they reached their houses safely, said police.
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