Three-year-old girl goes missing in Kochi

A three-year-old girl reportedly went missing from Thiruvankulam here on Monday evening.

The police launched a hunt after the child’s father lodged a complaint at the Puthencruz station. She was reportedly picked up by her mother from an anganwadi. However, they did not return to her father’s house at Mattakuzhi.

Thiruvaniyoor panchayat president C.R. Prakashan said the woman had told Beena Jose, a member of Mattakuzhi ward, that they had boarded a bus to Aluva while on her way to her house at Kuttamassery. She reportedly told the member that the child went missing at Aluva, though there were discrepancies in her statement, he said.

Personnel at the Special Branch, Aluva, said alerts had been issued across all police stations to trace the child. No leads had been received at the time of filing this report. The police were seeking more details about the incident from the child’s mother.