Two-year-old child sleeping with family on street goes missing in Thiruvananthapuram; Kidnapping suspected

The incident has triggered doubts of kidnap as a two-wheeler was found suspiciously lurking in the locality at the time the child was spotted missing.

Parents of the child, who went missing from near All Saints College Junction, waiting at Pettah police station to file a complaint. Vincent Pulickal, Express photo

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A two-year-old girl sleeping with her parents on the street went missing from near All Saints College in the early hours of Monday.

The child belonging to a vagabond couple from Bihar was asleep with three of her siblings when she went missing. The incident has triggered doubts of kidnap as a two-wheeler was found suspiciously lurking in the locality at the time the child was spotted missing.

Minister V Sivankutty and Thiruvananthapuram MLA Antony Raju coming out of Pettah police station after discussions with the City Police Commissioner on the child missing case in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo | Vincent Pulickal, EPS)

The Pettah police have registered a case and started probe. The city police have intensified checking to trace the missing child. 

The family said the child went missing by 1 am. According to the family members, a two-wheeler driven by a stranger had approached the place at that time.