LUCKNOW, Feb. 10 -- Taking serious note of a missing girl, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed the investigating officer (IO) of the case to appear before it on the next hearing on February 23 and explain what steps have been taken to trace the minor.

A division bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and Justice Zafeer Ahmad passed the order on a petition filed by Geeta Kumari, 55, mother of the 17-year-old girl who went to a nearby grocery store at around 8pm on December 22, 2025, and has been missing since then. An FIR was lodged in this regard at the Talkatora police station, Lucknow, on December 26. Geeta suspects a neighbour's role in the incident.

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