India, July 1 -- LUCKNOW Twenty days after the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court cracked down on the handling of missing minor girls' cases, the Lucknow Police has traced 24 of the 34 girls who were untraced when the matter came up before the court, reducing the number of pending cases to 10.

Lucknow commissioner of police Amrendra K Sengar confirmed the development to HT, saying that 24 of the 34 girls who were earlier untraced had since been found. The progress comes after the high court directed close monitoring of investigations and sought regular updates from senior police officers.

The issue had come under judicial scrutiny after the HC expressed concern over the rising number of missing minor girls and warned police offic...