Indian woman, 24, vanishes in US days after arriving for arranged marriage
An Indian woman, 24, has gone missing just days after arriving in the US for an arranged marriage, according to New Jersey authorities.After launching a probe and reviewing nearby CCTV footage, local police found that the woman, identified as Simran Simran, was seen checking her phone and looking around - apparently waiting for someone before she went missing on Wednesday, The New York Post reported.advertisementInvestigators were told that Simran, who had arrived in the US from India on June 20, had come to the country for an arranged marriage.
The authorities further noted that Simran didn't appear to be in any distress from what they could make out from the footage.Investigators said that Simran may not have come to the US for marriage and might have only wanted to travel for free in the country, the New York Post further reported.Simran is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing around 68 kgs and has a tiny scar on her forehead, revealed local police. Authorities also said that neither did Simran speak English nor did she have any relatives in the US.Simran was seen in grey sweatpants, a white T-shirt, black flip-flops and small diamond earrings. The authorities have made several efforts to reach her relatives in India but to no avail.advertisementAuthorities have made several attempts to contact her relatives in India, but to no avail.In another case of mysterious disappearance, another Indian woman, studying in the US, went missing when she was holidaying with her friends in the Dominican Republic in March this year.The 20-year-old pre-med student, identified as Sudiksha Konanki, disappeared after going out for a morning swim on March 6.- Ends
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