Kakinada: There was no breakthrough yet in the case of the missing two-and-a-half-year old girl from Ch Agraharam village in Tuni Rural mandal, despite extensive search operations over the past 10 days.
Kakinada SP, G. Bindu Madhav, visited the village and interacted with the girl’s parents at the palm oil plantation where the family resides.
Addressing the media, the SP said the child went missing at around 11.50 am on June 6 a while after she left her home in search of her father. She was accompanied by the family’s pet dog. The parents approached Tuni Rural Police around 8.30 pm the same day, following which a large-scale search operation was launched.
Some 400 personnel from the police department, state disaster response force, national disaster response force and forest department have been engaged in the search.
The investigators were examining all possible angles using both technical and field-level resources. Drones, thermal drones, call data records, Internet protocol detail records and tower dump analysis are being utilised as part of the investigation. CCTV footage from the surrounding area has been scrutinised, while enquiries have also been conducted with RTC bus operators and other vehicle owners who travelled through the area on the day of the incident.
Police are investigating multiple possibilities, including whether the child may have been taken away by a passer-by or moved into the nearby forest area. The forest terrain extends for nearly 10 km to 20 km around the plantation.
The SP said there was no indication of a planned kidnapping. The child had left her home alone in search of her father and her absence was noticed within about half an hour after some information was provided by a villager.
The police have announced a reward of `1 lakh for information leading to the tracing of the child. Bindu Madhav appealed to the media and public not to circulate unverified information and urged anyone with credible leads to contact the police.
Commenting on the death of the family’s pet dog, the SP said the animal had wandered around the area for three days in high temperatures before returning home. Preliminary findings suggest dehydration may have caused its death. However, samples have been sent to a laboratory in Visakhapatnam for analysis to ascertain other possibilities, if any.
Forest department personnel participating in the search operation have informed police that no wild animal presence has been detected in the area.
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