‘Missing girl students of Govt Ashram School in Laheri taken away by Naxals’
By Kartik Lokhande Three girl students of Government Ashram School at Laheri village in Maoist-affected Bhamragad tehsil of Gadchiroli district, who are missing for about 25 days now, are suspected to have been ‘taken away’ by the Left Wing Extremists. A fact-finding team from Nagpur has come to this conclusion after visiting the school and villages. As was published by ‘The Hitavada’ earlier, these three girl students of Government Ashram School at Laheri village had gone missing since January 3. The girls are aged 16, 15, and 14 years and hail from Malampaddur, Hindewada, and Keyar villages respectively. One of the parents had lodged a missing person’s complaint with Laheri Sub Police Station after which offence under Sections 364, 365, and 366 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against unidentified ‘kidnappers’. Police teams were dispatched to trace these girls. The members of the fact-finding team from Nagpur comprising Prof Arvind Sovani, Prof Rashmi Para...