Overview
- Police said a 13-year-old left home with her nine-year-old brother after a scolding over missed tuition classes.
- The girl used her Aadhaar to travel under Karnataka’s Shakti free-bus program, purchasing a ticket for herself while her brother rode without one.
- CCTV showed the siblings moving from Ashwathnagar to the Majestic bus terminal before boarding toward Shivamogga, with sightings later in Bhadravathi about 290 km away.
- After a missing complaint at HAL police station, statewide alerts and social-media posts prompted a public tip that led officers to trace the children and reunite them with their parents following counselling.
- Police said the pair intended to reach Chitradurga to visit grandparents, while reports vary on whether they left on February 1 or February 2.