June 6, Parbat District – Ritika Jaisi, a 14-year-old girl from Modi Rural Municipality-2, Deupur, has been missing for the past eight days. She disappeared on Chaitra 29 (mid-April) while returning to her home from her maternal uncle’s house in Jaljala Rural Municipality-7, Dhairing. It has been confirmed that she boarded a vehicle from Milan Chowk on the Mal Dhunga–Beni road towards Pati Chaur in Modi Rural Municipality, but no contact has been established with her to date, according to police reports.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Vijay Yadav stated that the search for the missing girl has been intensified, and all subordinate police units have been instructed to actively continue the search with her description. Local teacher Bhumiraj Sharma reported that after boarding the vehicle, Ritika got off—not at Pati Chaur as expected—but at Milan Chowk in Hemja, ward 25 of Pokhara Metropolitan City, Kaski. Although she alighted approximately 35 kilometers away from her intended stop, her whereabouts remain unknown since.
Ritika had completed Grade 8 at the local Jannetra Secondary School in Deupur and was preparing to enroll in Grade 9. Her family has urged anyone with information about her whereabouts or about suspicious individuals to contact the nearest police station and assist in the ongoing search.
