Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Oct 29: Acting on tip off, personnel of the town police station here took five persons who were travelling in a Qualis vehicle from Bengaluru to Mangaluru on Saturday October 28. The people in the vehicle comprised of a minor girl, three young men from another religion, and a relative. They were questioned and sent to remand home at Mangaluru.

The girl in question, it transpires, is a high school student. The girl and those accompanying her had left Bengaluru on Friday. Reportedly, the family of the girl did not know about her plans. It is said that the group wanted to tour the coastal area of Karnataka by telling their families that it was a tour organized by their educational institutions.

During this period, a woman from Mangaluru claimed that the student happens to be her friend and requested the police to allow her to take her home. The police however, refused her request. They said that the girl would be handed over to her parents as and when they come here.