
Missing children traced to Coimbatore
The Hindu
Four schoolchildren recently went missing from Alathur
Four schoolchildren who had gone missing from Alathur a few days ago were found at the Coimbatore railway station on Monday.
The 14-year-old children, two of them twin sisters and two boys studying in Class IX, were missing since November 3. A police investigation soon extended to Tamil Nadu.
The children were caught in a surveillance camera at Pollachi and the search was intensified with the help of the Tamil Nadu Police. However, by the time the police reached Pollachi, the children had left the town.

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