Meerut girl missing since April found; 8 detained for questioning

A 17-year-old girl who went missing from the Kharkhauda area has been found and eight people have been detained for questioning in connection with her disappearance.

Police have traced a 17-year-old girl who had gone missing from the Kharkhauda area of the district and detained eight people in connection with her disappearance, an officer said on Thursday.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Abhijeet Kumar said that on April 26, a woman had filed a missing person complaint for her underage daughter at the Kharkhauda Police Station.

The police filed a case and booked a Ganganagar man the woman named, he said.

Kumar said five special teams were constituted to find the girl and unravel the matter.

On Wednesday, he said, the police traced the girl's location with the help of CCTV footage and retrieved her.

Based on her statement, eight people were detained for questioning, the officer said.