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Seven schoolhouse children staying astatine the Government Tribal Residential School astatine Kinathadi successful the Anthiyur artifact were reported missing connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026). While 4 of them were aboriginal traced, a hunt is connected for the remaining 3 students who are believed to person entered a wood area.
According to the Anthiyur police, the students, who were residing successful the hostel attached to the school, did not be classes arsenic accustomed connected Wednesday morning. Instead, they allegedly climbed implicit the rear partition of the hostel and near the premises.
Based connected circumstantial information, 4 of the missing children were traced to Kakkayanur. During questioning, the recovered children told the authorities that the remaining 2 girls and a lad had gone into the adjacent wood area.
Following this, the police, on with Forest Department staff, and the public, launched an intensive hunt cognition successful the wood portion to hint the 3 children. Further probe is nether way. The children are aged betwixt six and 11 years and are from the distant Kongadai hamlet successful the Bargur Hills.
