Shahjahanpur(UP), March 3, 2021: Three minor girls went missing here after they left home for school, with one of them carrying cash and clothes supposedly meant for a programme at the institution, police said .

Two of the girls are aged 15 and one is 10, Superintendent of Police S Anand said, adding that three teams have been formed to work the case. The three girls are from separate localities in Sadar area.

The girls left home on Monday to go to the school, Assistant Superintendent of Police, City, Praveen Kumar said. He said one of them was carrying Rs 2,500 and another had taken Rs 2,700 and clothes with her.

One of the girls told her family members that she had packed the clothes as there was a programme at the school, the police said giving more information. Police were informed about the case on Monday night when the girls did not return, Kumar said.

Thousands of children go missing each year in India and most of them are never found.