16-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing in Thane district; Case Registered

Thane: A 16-year-old hearing and speech-impaired girl has gone missing from her house in Maharashtra 's Thane district, police said on Saturday.

The Mumbai police have registered a case of kidnapping based on a complaint by the girl's parents in Dombivili area, an official said.

The teenager went missing from her house in the Azadepada locality in the early hours of Friday.

The girl's mother had reprimanded her for using her mobile phone on Thursday night. Upset about the scolding, she left home around 6 am, and allegedly disappeared from a temple nearby, he said.

The family suspects that girl has been abducted, according to the official, adding that the girl had left home twice previously but was traced and brought back. 

With PTI Inputs