A routine patrol by Bandra’s Nirmal Nagar Police helped reunite two missing girls from Uttar Pradesh with their families. According to police, 20-year-old Shaikh Samrin Malik and her 17-year-old neighbour had allegedly run away from their homes in Aligarh on July 16. The duo was spotted near Bandra Terminus railway station on Monday (July 20) afternoon by a Nirbhaya mobile van deployed for women’s safety.

Police officials said the girls appeared distressed and were unable to answer basic questions asked by the women personnel, which led to suspicion. The police took them to the Nirmal Nagar police station, where a woman officer spoke to them, following which they revealed that they had fled their homes.