Aqsa Shaik, 13‑year‑old missing student from Jagtial, found in Gwalior

A 13‑year‑old seventh‑grade student, Aqsa Shaik, disappeared from Kandlapalli Model School in Jagtial district, Telangana, on the evening of 5 August. She left the school premises without her bag or shoes, and a note recovered from her bag indicated family and personal problems. Police registered a missing‑person case and launched a search, reviewing CCTV footage that showed her exiting the campus.

On 7 August, authorities located Aqsa in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, where she was staying with a relative. She was taken for a medical examination and is to be handed back to her parents in Jagtial.