Minor girl among three go missing in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 24

Three persons went missing under mysterious circumstances from the industrial hub. After registering cases yesterday, the police have launched a manhunt in this regard.

The first case was registered at Police Division 7 in which Gopal Singh of Adarsh Nagar told the police that on October 4, he had dropped his 25-year-old daughter Ranju near Greenland School on the Chandigarh road but she did not reach home. He suspected that his daughter could have kept under wrongful confinement by some unknown persons.

In the second incident, Saroj Kumar of Farid Nagar told the police that on October 13, his brother Dhiraj Kumar (37) had gone to work at a factory in Madhopuri but he did not return home. He got registered a case at Police Division 3 following which the police launched a search.

In another case, 16-year-old girl Kanchan had left home without informing any family members. Her father Ravinder Kumar Thakur suspected that his daughter might had been abducted by somebody and the police should speed up probe to trace her. The Police Division 3 had registered a case under Section 346 (wrongful confinement) of the IPC against unknown persons. CCTV cameras near the victim’s house were also being scanned by the police to get any clue in the case.