After an intensive search operation, all 29 girls of Antaraba Government residential school in Mohana block of Gajapati district were rescued from a house near Tanglipadar village late on Sunday night. The girls had been missing from their hostel since Saturday night. District administration officials and police rescued the girls from the house after tracking the mobile phone of one of the missing girls.
“We found the students in an isolated house near Tanglipadar village in Mohana. After rescuing them, we have housed the students in Chandragiri Government School hostel. An inquiry into the matter is conducted by police and the concerned authorities,” said an official. “After detailed investigation, it would be known how they reached near Tanglipadar and who are involved in helping them to leave the hostel,” added the official.