SAHIWAL: Two students of the Government Girls Model Pilot Secondary School allegedly went missing during school timings on Tuesday.

The parents of the girls took to Jogi Chowk in protest and blamed the sports teacher and the school administration for the incident. The school administration, however, claimed the girls did not come to the school on Tuesday.

The parents of a 10th class student (resident of Jail Colony) and an 8th class student (resident of 135/9-L) said the girls did not return home from the school. They rushed to the school and found a panic-like situation as parents of two other girls claimed their daughters had not returned home. These two girls were later found in the school and accompanied their parents.

The worried parents met the headmistress and the sports teacher who expressed ignorance about the issue. The school administration informed the girls’ parents that both of them did not attend their first period. It informed Fateh Sher Station House Officer Abid Bhullar and a team visited the school and quizzed the authorities.

Around 3pm, a brother of one of the missing girls told the police that he received a call from his sister who claimed that they had gone somewhere with their sports teacher’s permission and were now locked in a room after being given intoxicated tablets. She said her fellow student was not feeling well.

The F​ateh Sher police picked up the sports teacher in Junejo Colony but she denied having any information about the girls.

District Police Officer Syed Khurram Ali brought the school headmistress and eight teachers to the Fateh Sher police station for investigation.

SP Riffat Hyder is heading the two teams constituted to investigate the incident.

Scores of people gathered at Jogi Chowk and demanded early recovery of the girls.

Published in Dawn, October 22nd, 2014