TN police rescues minor girl, who went missing from Kerala, in AP
The Thiruvananthapuram Police informed the Kanyakumari Police that the girl was travelling to Kanyakumari from Thiruvananthapuram Railway Station.
Screengrab from the CCTV footage
CHENNAI: The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Wednesday night rescued a girl at Visakhapatnam railway station who left her house in Thiruvananthapuram.
Anwar Hussain, a migrant worker from Assam currently working in Thiruvananthapuram, found his daughter, Tasmeeth Tamsam (13), missing on Tuesday and lodged a complaint with Kazhakoottam police station. She left the house only with Rs 50 in her possession.
The Thiruvananthapuram police informed the Kanyakumari police that the girl was travelling to Kanyakumari from Thiruvananthapuram railway station. Browsing the CCTV footage during the probe, it was found that Tasmeeth got down at Nagercoil railway station and then continued her journey on the same train to Kanyakumari.
Based on this information, Kanyakumari police, along with Ramesh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Egmore, inspected the CCTV camera at Egmore railway station as they suspected she was there to meet her brother, who is in Chennai. She descended the Kanyakumari - Chennai Egmore Express on Wednesday at 06.30 am at Egmore railway station.
After wandering around the station, Tasmeeth boarded the Tambaram - Santragarchi Express at 08.10 am. The police team checked the unreserved coach when the train stopped at the Visakhapatnam railway station and found her around 8.30 pm with the help of Malayalam Samajam workers.
The police have informed the Kerala police and her parents about her safe custody at the railway police station in Visakhapatnam. Sources said she was on her way to Assam. Her parents confirmed to the media that they would go back to their native after she returned home.
Tasmeeth said that she left the house due to the physical abuse she faced and expressed her wish to continue her studies after going back to Assam and staying with her grandparents.
Sources said that Tasmeeth and her elder brother were from Anwar’s first marriage. She left the house on August 20 as her stepmother scolded and beat her for quarrelling with her children. Neighbours alleged that the girl was tortured continuously in her home.