Telangana: 2 students missing from school

Hyderabad: Two Class VI students went missing from the hostel of the Word & Deed School in Hayathnagar. The room in which the kids were staying was found empty in the morning. Searches for them in surrounding areas were fruitless. Epuri Pavan Kumar, 12, and Katika Prabhu, 13, were staying in the hostel at Hayathnagar.

“Some students saw them leaving the hostel at around 8.30 am. But they did not come to the school,” a police officer from Hayathnagar said. Officials of the school searched several places in surrounding areas. They also checked with parents of the children. One of the missing students is from Maheshwaram and the other student from Nampally in Nalgonda. Later, warden B. Chinna Raju approached the police and filed a complaint. Police launched a search. The police is also investigating if the kids were kidnapped or lured by an adult.