Police seek information on missing 15-year-old girl

Kochi: Maradu police have issued a notice seeking information about a 15-year-old girl from Assam who went missing from Maradu. The missing girl has been identified as Ankita Koyari of Sibsagar, Assam. She was staying in a rented house along Church Road, Thaikoodam. According to police, she has been missing since 7pm on Tuesday.

Police said the girl's elder sister works at a shop in Kochi. She brought her to Kochi to enrol her in a school here two weeks ago. She was staying at the rented house for that purpose. Police suspect that the girl planned to go to Assam.

"She boarded an autorickshaw and went to Ernakulam Junction railway station. She is not familiar with travelling long distances and asked the driver if he could buy her a ticket to Assam," said an officer. The officer added that they checked CCTV footage from the area after recording the statement of autorickshaw driver. "She seems to have gone into the station without a ticket. She boarded the first train that she saw, which was a passenger train going towards Alappuzha. We have informed railway control rooms," said an officer.

He added that the girl had Rs 20,000 with her, which belonged to her sister. "We have searched CCTV footage in all stations on the route but couldn't find her. She is not using a mobile phone and it has become quite difficult to trace her," said the officer. Police have urged people to share any useful information with Maradu police on the following numbers: 9497947183, 9497980421 and 0484 2705659.

Two held with ganja: Kalamassery police arrested two youths with 1.15 kilogram of ganja on Thursday. The arrested persons have been identified as Assam natives Dildar Hussain and Khairul Islam. Arrests were made under the leadership of Kalamassery station inspector Latheef M B, along with sub-inspector Eldo A K and CPOs Mahin Abubakar and Nishad Napoleon. The accused were presented in court and remanded.