Pet dog fitted with GPS tracker to trace two-year-old missing girl in Tuni

Police on Friday fitted a pet do with a GPS tracker to trace a two-year-old girl, Sunkara Gnaneswari, who has been missing since June 6 from a a palm oil plantation, at Ch. Agraharam in Tuni mandal in Kakinada district.

According to the police, the child had accompanied her parents Sunkara Ganesh and Bhavani, who work as caretakers of the plantation along with their pet dog.

The girl went missing after a miscommunication between the parents, who each assumed the other had brought the toddler back home from the plantation. On reaching home, the couple realised neither of them had brought the girl back home from the plantation. 

The next day, the couple lodged a complaint with the Tuni police, who swung into action. On June 9, the missing pet dog returned home without the girl. The police fitted the pet dog with a GPS tracking device in the hope to find the missing child.

Tuni Circle Inspector G. Chennakesava Rao speaking to The Hindu, said: “The pet dog has been collared with a GPS tracker so we can trace the girl through his movements. Additionally, over 250 personnel from the police department and State Disaster Response Force have been roped in for the search operations. ”

Mr. Chennakesava Rao further stated that presently there is no clue about the girl and the search for her is ongoing.

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