Chennai: Two schoolgirls, aged 16 years, who left their homes in Pernampattu in Vellore district on Friday, were found near a hospital on New Avadi Road in Kilpauk on Saturday morning.A head constable from the Chennai corporation vigilance department spotted them and handed them over to the Kilpauk police.The girls, Pooja and Livasri, studied Class XI at a govt girls’ higher secondary school in Pernampattu. They left their homes on Oct 30 morning, but did not reach the school.Police said the girls travelled to Gudiyatham to meet a friend. After the school informed their parents about their absence, the parents called and reprimanded them. The girls then travelled from Gudiyatham to Bengaluru by train and later reached Chennai Central railway station around 4.30am on Saturday.They took a bus from the railway station and got down on New Avadi Road, where head constable Vasanthakumar spotted them near Murugan Hospital around 8.30am. He took them to G3 Kilpauk police station. After an inquiry, the Kilpauk police transferred the girls to K6 T P Chathiram police station, which was coordinating with Pernampattu police. Their parents have been informed.
