A girl who had gone missing from Sweden has been rescued by the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police and handed over to her family members. The girl had come to meet a boy she befriended on Instagram, and had not told her family about her visit to India.

According to the Crime Branch, on December 4, the Interpol contacted the Mumbai Crime Branch to inform that a 16-year-old girl from Sweden, who was reported missing, has come to Mumbai. Police Inspector Ravind Salunkhe of Unit 6 and his team found the Instagram friend, and interrogated him. It then came to light that the girl was living in Cheetah Camp in Trombay.