13-Year-Old UP Girl Missing For 2 Months Found By Delhi Police In 2 Days

The UP Police had asked for two more months to locate the girl, prompting the court to transfer the case to the Delhi Police earlier this week.

The Uttar Pradesh Police received a scathing rebuke from the Supreme Court on Friday after a 13-year-old girl missing for two months from the state, was found in two days by officers from neighbouring Delhi. The UP Police had asked for two more months to locate her, prompting the court to transfer the case to the Delhi Police earlier this week. The 13-year-old girl had gone missing from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on July 8 and was untraceable for nearly two months, forcing her mother to approach the Supreme Court. The court on Wednesday transferred the investigation to the Delhi Police from the police force in Uttar Pradesh and hand over the investigation records. It also directed the new Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana to oversee the investigation. On Friday, Additional Solicitor General Rupinder Singh Suri, appearing for Delhi Police, informed the Supreme Court that after the UP Police handed over the case papers to Delhi Police on Thursday, officers went to Kolkata and traced both the girl and her kidnapper.