Ludhiana, June 5 -- The Khanna police traced and rescued four missing girls, including three minor sisters, within 24 hours of their disappearance following a technology-assisted operation involving CCTV analysis, technical surveillance and field investigation.

According to police, the girls from Siar village left their homes without informing their families around 12.30 pm on June 2. Concerned relatives approached the police later that evening and expressed suspicion that the girls may have gone with a man identified as Satnam, who was known to the families.

Acting swiftly, police constituted special teams and examined CCTV footage from the village, which confirmed that the girls had left in a three-wheeler. During the investigation, S...