Another student goes missing from KGBV in Mancherial, police launch search

An Intermediate first-year student has gone missing from a Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Kotapalli, Mancherial district. Police have registered a case and formed special teams to trace her, while parents demanded stronger security measures at government-run residential educational institutions.

Mancherial: Another student went missing from Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Kotapalli mandal centre on Monday.

Police said that Sai Shruti, studying Intermediate first year at the institution, left the college without informing anyone since Sunday morning. A case has been registered. Investigations have been taken up. Special teams were formed to trace the student.

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However, parents expressed concern over instances of missing students at government-run educational institutions at regular intervals. They urged the officials to locate her and to strengthen security measures at the college. They requested the authorities to take steps to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future.

On July 3, a Class IX student, who went missing from a Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Residential School in Chennur, was traced a day later. A student, studying Intermediate II year at the college, left the institute by jumping over a compound wall of a social welfare residential college in Rebbena mandal centre on June 25. She returned to the college after a week.