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5 Mumbai School Girls Go Missing, Teachers Say They Failed In Mid-Term Exam

The police used a drone camera to look for them in the surrounding area, but it did not yield any results.

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5 Mumbai School Girls Go Missing, Teachers Say They Failed In Mid-Term Exam
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Five girls, students of a South Mumbai school, have gone missing, the police said on Saturday.

The girls who are studying in Class 8 at a private school did not return to their respective homes from the school on Friday afternoon, after which their parents approached the police, an official said.

Mid-term exam results were declared on Saturday and these girls had failed in two or three subjects each, according to their teachers.

After the parents lodged complaints, the police used a drone camera to look for them in the surrounding area, but it did not yield any results.

CCTV footage showed that all five were at Marine Drive in South Mumbai till 2.40 PM, but thereafter they seemed to have disappeared, the police officer said.

Probe was on, he added.

(PTI)