Udupi: Eshika expected to be released on or after Dec 8
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Updated: Dec 7
Udupi, Dec 7: Eshika S Shetty (13), an eighth standard student of a hostel of Sharada Residential School here, who had gone missing on the evening of November 15, is likely to be brought to her home on or after Monday December 8. It is said that Eshika, who was addicted to television series, had left behind a letter in which she said she had been enamoured by television actor, Faisal Khan.
A team of police personnel deputed to bring her from Mumbai has confirmed that she is lodged in Dongri State Home near Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai. The police team could not gather more information as the said facility remains closed on Saturday and Sunday. They got information that the railway police took Eshika, who was found to be standing clueless in the railway station, into custody, sent her to the state home as above. During her questioning, Eshika had provided the telephone number of her school, on the basis of which the state home contacted the school on Friday.
A team of four police personnel from here, which was deputed as per the instructions of the district superintendent of police on the basis of suspicion, is already in Mumbai since November 16 in connection with this case, But the team could not personally visit the state home and talk to the girl student because of holidays and also a rule that forbids men from entering the state home.
The state home has to present the girl in the court on Monday and after permission is granted, handover her to Karnataka police after completing formalities. The Karnataka police then have to present her in the state high court before bringing her back home.
With the tracing of the girl, her parents, police, as well as school authorities have heaved a sigh of relief.
Earlier Report: Dec 6
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (UM)
Udupi, Dec 6: Eshika Shetty who had gone missing from her school hostel several days ago has been reportedly traced in Mumbai.
Eshika (13), a student of Sharada Residential School, had gone missing from the hostel on the evening of November 15. Following her disappearance, parents and locals staged a protest in the school premises, and the police stepped up the search.
It was suspected that she had gone off to Mumbai as she was believed to have keen interest in films, music and dance, and aspired to become an actress.
The Mumbai police are understood to have contacted their counterparts in Udupi and informed that Eshika was found in a government lodging near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station. Udupi police along with Eshika's mother Yashoda are on their way to Mumbai and she would be brought back to town in a couple of days, sources said.
The course of events that led to Eshika's disappearance and other details about how she was found are not yet known.