Phulbani: Seventy-eight girls ran away from Shankarakhola kanyashram, a state government-run school for tribals, in Orissa's Kandhamal district. But, they were found by policemen who provided them shelter.
Late Thursday night, the girls were found loitering on the streets by some policemen of Tikabali police station, about 8km from their school. Finding them on the road at a late hour, the cops gave them shelter for the night. They also informed the hostel about the girls.
Student of classes VIII and IX, the girls fled their hostel because they were unhappy with food served at the hostel. They were given a measly breakfast of chuda, instead of their afternoon rice meal, police said. So, they had planned to run away from school and go back to their homes.
The kanyashram, run by Orissa's Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) welfare department, has 420 girl students. Inspector-in-charge of Tikabali PS Pradipta Panigrahi said the students returned to the hostel after their headmaster and hostel superintendent came to fetch them from the police station on Friday.
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