Published Oct 28, 2026 | 1:22 PM ⚊ Updated Oct 28, 2026 | 1:22 PM
Following the disappearance of all three girls, their families lodged a complaint at the Thandarampattu police station.
Synopsis: Three schoolgirls who went missing from the Thandarampattu area of Tiruvannamalai district were traced by the police at Kilambakkam bus terminus near Chennai at around 2 am on Wednesday, 28 October. The girls had reportedly visited Marina Beach and were waiting for a bus when the police found them.
Three schoolgirls who went missing from the Thandarampattu area of Tiruvannamalai district were traced by the police at the Kilambakkam bus terminus near Chennai at around 2 am on Wednesday, 28 October.
The girls had reportedly visited Marina Beach in Chennai and were waiting for a bus at Kilambakkam when the police traced them.
Mahalakshmi, a Class 10 student, and Maheswari, a Class 9 student, are daughters of Ashok Kumar and Jothi, residents of Tharadapattu village near Thandarampattu. Both study at the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Thandarampattu.
Their parents are working as daily-wage labourers in Kerala. In their absence, the two girls had been staying in a rented house on Bhajana Kovil Street in Thandarampattu to continue their education.
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According to their family, the two girls went to school on Monday but did not return home. Their relatives searched for them at the homes of family members and acquaintances and in nearby areas but could not find them.
Nithya, a Class 8 student at the Government High School in Tharadapattu village, also went missing on the same day. Her parents, who work as daily-wage labourers in Kerala, had left her in the care of her grandmother, Unnamalai.
Nithya went to school on Monday but did not return home. Her family and relatives searched nearby areas and the homes of relatives and acquaintances but were unable to find her.
Following the disappearance of all three girls, their families lodged a complaint at the Thandarampattu police station.
(Edited by Dese Gowda)
