Udupi, Nov 20: A source close to the police team investigating into the missing case of a 13-year-old student of Sharada Residential School, Kunjibettu, Udupi, have revealed she had developed a deep liking for popular television actor Faisal Khan.
The source said that the note left behind in the hostel room said that Eshika was in love with Faisal Khan, a dancer and television actor who was the winner of dance reality show Dance India Dance Li'l Masters and played the lead role of young Maharana Pratap in Sony India's show Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap for which in 2014, he won Indian Telly Awards for Best Child Actor. The note also hinted that the girl wanted meet Faisal Khan and become an actor.
The note found in her diary also revealed that she was deprived of parents care and love. She was very much distressed after her parents decided to admit her to a residential school in Udupi while they are enjoying in Muscat with other two other children.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai police have been alerted by the relatives of the missing girl. They also have met Faisal Khan, who had assured them he would contact them if Eshika reached him. The police are also verifying the girl's handwriting.
The school, which has a history of 26 years, follows the ICSE syllabus and has 591 students — 406 boys and 185 girls. There are 80 CCTV cameras on the premises.
Parents blame school management
On the other hand, Priya Shetty, the mother of Eshika, said the careless attitude of the school was to blame for her daughter going missing. “When I tried calling her during the weekly parent telephone hour of the school on November 15, I was not able to get her on phone. I was later told by the
She said the note left behind said Eshika liked television actor Faisal Khan and that she wanted to be an actor. She said her relatives had alerted the Mumbai police and also met the actor, who had assured them he would contact them if Eshika reached him. First such incident
Vidyavanth Acharya, the Principal of the school, said Eishika appeared to have jumped off a wall near the hostel and escaped from the school because two pieces of her clothing were found there. Soon after learning that she was missing, he and other teachers had searched for her at the bus stand and railway station here. The parents were informed about it at 9.40 p.m. When their search did not yield any results, the school lodged a complaint at the Udupi Town Police Station. This was the first time a girl had gone missing from the school. Previously, three times, boys had gone missing and were traced.
“Unfortunately, there is no CCTV camera near the compound wall from where she escaped. The police have taken her dairy and her files. They also checked her room on November 16,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Udupi police are trying to trace the girl. “We have formed three teams to trace her. One of our teams had even visited Mumbai. We are putting all our efforts to trace the girl,” said Superintendent of Police P. Rajendra Prasad.
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