Family stages protest as girl found missing from school at Ammapettai in Erode
The Hindu
Parents, relatives protest school's negligence in allowing Class 9 girl to leave with unidentified youth; police trace her to Tiruchi, on way to rescue her.
Condemning the private school administration for allowing a Class 9 girl to leave the school premises allegedly with an unidentified youth, parents and relatives of the girl staged a road roko and later a protest outside the school at Poonachi at Ammapettai in Bhavani taluk, here on Saturday.
The 14-year-old girl did not return home on Friday evening after school hours. Parents, who contacted the school, were told that a youth, claiming to be her uncle, took her from the school. Parents and relatives argued with the school administration on sending the girl with the youth without identifying him. A complaint was lodged with the Ammapettai police station who registered a case of a missing girl.
On Saturday, over 100 relatives staged a road roko on Ammapettai – Anthiyur Main Road at Poonachi condemning the school administration. Police held talks and the protest was withdrawn. Later, they staged a protest outside the school after which a holiday was declared for the school.
Police traced her mobile phone number to a location in Tiruchi and they are on their way with the girl’s parents to rescue her.
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