Prompt coordination between police units across districts led to the safe tracing of two minor girls who had gone missing from South West Khasi Hills on Wednesday morning, with the children eventually being located at their relatives’ residence in Shillong after travelling by bus on their own.
The two girls, aged around 11 and 13 years, were reported missing from Tlongpleng village in the Balat area of South West Khasi Hills, triggering an alert to police units in East Khasi Hills amid apprehensions that they might have entered Shillong.
East Khasi Hills District Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said the police immediately activated a coordinated search after receiving information from the Superintendent of Police of South West Khasi Hills.
“This morning we had two children, two girls from Tlongpleng have gone missing, it falls under South West Khasi Hills. Nonetheless if they come to Shillong, We alerted all our units to conduct search for these two girls and by afternoon we found that they have gone to their relatives house under Rynjah Police Station in Nongrah. An inquiry had been made wheather they lost their way or there is some reason for them to run away or any reason at home,” Syiem said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that the girls had boarded a bus intending to travel to Mawsynram. However, they instead reached Shillong, where they got down at Anjali Point before boarding a city ride bus to Nongrah.
According to the police, the girls safely reached the residence of their relatives in Nongrah. Their relatives later escorted them to Rynjah Police Station, where police are completing the necessary legal formalities and recording their statements to ascertain the circumstances under which they travelled from South West Khasi Hills to Shillong.
