Overview
- The students, Tanveer Dodmani and Lakshmi Kariyappanavar, failed to return to a Dharwad government primary school after lunch on Monday.
- CCTV showed a man taking them on a motorcycle near the Suburban Police Station around 3 pm, prompting a coordinated search across districts.
- Police traced the route toward Uttara Kannada and Dandeli officers found the trio after a motorcycle crash near Dandeli.
- The rider was identified as Karim Mestri; the children were unharmed and reunited with their parents, while he was hospitalized with injuries.
- Investigators are reviewing CCTV and statements as they examine intent and verify the claim about traveling to the Ulavi Chennabasaveshwara Jatra.