Ludhiana, May 30 -- Three minor girls, including two friends who had stepped out to buy a birthday cake and snacks, have gone missing in two separate incidents in Ludhiana. Police have registered two FIRs and launched searches to trace the girls.

In the first incident, a 13-year-old girl, Aashika Kumari, and her 16-year-old friend, Khushi Kumari, went missing from the Tajpur Road area on May 26.

According to the complainant, Jyoti Devi, a resident of Balaji Colony on Sahabana Road, Aashika had left home with her friend to purchase a birthday cake and snacks for a small celebration at home but did not return.

The family searched for the girls at various places before approaching the police and filing a complaint.

ASI Gurmeet Singh, the...