Sat Mar 08 15:29:28 UTC 2025: ## Local Man Arrested for Kidnapping Two Missing Teen Girls

**Malappuram, Kerala, March 9, 2025** – A 23-year-old man, A. Raheem, has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of two higher secondary school students from Devadar Government Higher Secondary School in Tanur. Police allege Raheem lured the girls to Mumbai by train. He faces charges of kidnapping and violations of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The girls, missing since Wednesday, were located in Mumbai with Raheem on Saturday and subsequently returned to Tanur. After questioning in the presence of their parents and a counseling session, they were reunited with their families. The investigation is ongoing.

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