Extensive searches for missing girl in Gingee fail to yield results; CB-CID begins its probe
The Class II student was reported missing in the early hours of October 12. She had celebrated her birthday and then went to bed with her parents and grandmother around 11 p.m. on October 11
Eleven days of extensive searches have failed to locate seven-year-old Hemalatha, who went missing from Nadupattu, a village near Gingee in Villupuram district, on October 12. The CB-CID took over the investigation following a request from the Tamil Nadu Director-General of Police. The girl, a Class II student, was reported missing in the early hours of October 12 after her parents and grandmother discovered her absence around 6 a.m. the following morning.
Hemalatha had celebrated her birthday and gone to bed with her family at around 11 p.m. on October 11. Her family had searched relatives' and neighbors' houses before reporting the incident to the Sathiyamangalam police. Following the disappearance, the family and police conducted searches in waterbodies, farmland, nearby hillocks, and wells.
The extensive search involved special police teams, forensic experts, sniffer dogs, and drones, but no breakthrough was reported. The police have since expanded the search to include CCTV footage and are coordinating with investigators in other districts to review footage from across the region.
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