Surat: A nine-year-old girl who went missing from the Amroli police station area on Oct 24 was found in Mumbai after a 15-day search involving CCTV footage analysis across multiple railway stations.The girl had left her house around 7 am without informing anyone after an argument with her elder sister. According to police, she had gone outside to play without informing her sister, who later scolded her. Feeling upset, the girl left home without telling any family member.Following a complaint from her family, Amroli police registered an FIR under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for kidnapping and launched a search operation. Amroli police inspector J B Vanar and his team examined CCTV footage from the police station’s jurisdiction and several railway stations. Technical surveillance revealed that the girl had boarded a train towards Mumbai.Police personnel checked around 70 CCTV cameras at railway stations in Vapi, Bandra and Borivli, among other locations. The footage eventually established that the girl had got down at Borivli railway station.An Amroli police team was subsequently sent to trace her. During the investigation, police officials learnt that the girl was staying at the AD Bawla orphanage in Andheri West, Mumbai after RPF police found her at the station.After completing the necessary legal formalities, the police team brought the girl back to Surat. She was counselled and safely reunited with her family.
