Ghazipur (UP), Sep 22 (PTI) Two Class-8 students of the Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls’ School in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur, who had gone missing, were found from Varanasi on Tuesday, police said.
School official Archana Kumari got a complaint lodged at the City police station after the girls were found absent from the Hindi class, police said.
According to the complaint, it was noticed during a question-and-answer session in the class on Monday evening that the two were missing.
School authorities searched the premises and surrounding areas and made enquiries with locals, but could not trace the girls. The school is located in Ghazipur’s Chhawani Line area.
A missing-person report was lodged around 5:30 pm on Monday, following which police launched a search operation.
The girls were found by Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel from the Varanasi Cantonment railway station on Tuesday.
Both are currently in the custody of the Ghazipur Kotwali police.
A detailed probe in the matter is on.
(PTI News)
