A nine-year-old girl who had been missing from Thane was traced to a child care centre in neighbouring Mumbai within 24 hours and reunited with her parents, the police said on Tuesday. The girl went missing from outside her house in Wagle Estate area in Thane city on Saturday when she went to buy something from a shop. Her parents later lodged a police complaint, according to the PTI.

The police registered an offence under Indian Penal Code Section 363 (kidnapping) against an unidentified person, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sardar Patil told PTI.