Jammu & Kashmir

Missing children reunited with families in Srinagar within hours

Commuters walk near Ghanta Ghar in Lal Chowk Srinagar. [FPK Photo/ Kaisar Ali]

Srinagar: Srinagar police officials have traced and reunited two minor children with their families, who were reported missing for four days from Jamaat-ul-Uloom BK Pora in Srinagar’s Nowgam, police said.

In a statement, issued to news agency Kashmir News Observer, a spokesperson said that based on a written information in police station Nowgam, a case FIR No. 68/2024 under section 137(2) BNS was registered and investigation was set into motion.

The statement reads that utilising a combination of technical data and human intelligence, police followed a lead to Vilgam, Handwara.

“With the cooperation of Handwara police, the missing children were located and safely recovered from a remote area in Vilgam in less than four hours and they have been reunited with their families. Further investigation into the matter is going on,” it reads.

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