Police search enters second day for missing seven-year-old girl in Villupuram

Police are continuing their search for a seven-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Alampoondi near Gingee in Villupuram district, with no updates on her whereabouts so far.

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The child, named Hemalatha, went missing on Monday morning after celebrating her birthday at home on Sunday. More than 50 police personnel across four special teams have been deployed to find her, alongside a sniffer dog and two drones used to scan nearby hillocks. Villupuram district Superintendent of Police S. Madhivanan visited the village to supervise the search.

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Missing children cases in rural areas often require extensive ground searches involving local police stations, sniffer dogs, and aerial support to cover difficult terrain quickly. Such operations involve questioning local residents and checking surrounding fields and open spaces for any signs of the child.