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| Fears grow for Indian teenager missing in London | Fears grow for Indian teenager missing in London |
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| Fears are growing for an Indian teenager who disappeared on Monday on London's Oxford Street, where she was shopping with her family hours before they were due to fly home from a holiday in the UK. | Fears are growing for an Indian teenager who disappeared on Monday on London's Oxford Street, where she was shopping with her family hours before they were due to fly home from a holiday in the UK. |
| CCTV footage has been released showing Emaan Shah, 17, walking down a side street along a route that could have taken her back to her hotel. | CCTV footage has been released showing Emaan Shah, 17, walking down a side street along a route that could have taken her back to her hotel. |
| Her father, Tanvir Shah, said the family had been out enjoying their last few hours in the city and that there was no reason for his daughter to go missing. | Her father, Tanvir Shah, said the family had been out enjoying their last few hours in the city and that there was no reason for his daughter to go missing. |
| "I was just a few paces ahead of my wife and daughter in Oxford Street and when I turned round she had gone," he added. | "I was just a few paces ahead of my wife and daughter in Oxford Street and when I turned round she had gone," he added. |
| "We cannot eat, we cannot sleep. We are desperate for news about Emaan." | "We cannot eat, we cannot sleep. We are desperate for news about Emaan." |
| According to her parents, her disappearance is completely out of character. Her father, who runs an advertising company in India, added: "My wife and two sons are now frantic with worry. There is no reason for Emaan to go missing." | According to her parents, her disappearance is completely out of character. Her father, who runs an advertising company in India, added: "My wife and two sons are now frantic with worry. There is no reason for Emaan to go missing." |
| The teenager is believed to have been carrying some cash but did not have a mobile phone. | The teenager is believed to have been carrying some cash but did not have a mobile phone. |
| The Metropolitan police have pieced together CCTV that shows the teenager walking along Wigmore Street, near the junction with Duke Street, after she appears to have left Oxford Street. She is described as 1.6 metres (5ft 3in) tall, of slim build with brown wavy hair. When last seen she was wearing a black jacket with a Manchester United logo on the chest, grey trousers and black-and-white trainers. | The Metropolitan police have pieced together CCTV that shows the teenager walking along Wigmore Street, near the junction with Duke Street, after she appears to have left Oxford Street. She is described as 1.6 metres (5ft 3in) tall, of slim build with brown wavy hair. When last seen she was wearing a black jacket with a Manchester United logo on the chest, grey trousers and black-and-white trainers. |
| DI Annette Clark, who is leading the hunt, said: "Emaan may be 17 but she is not streetwise and she has never travelled alone before. She is not familiar with London and, to our knowledge, does not have any friends in the capital." | DI Annette Clark, who is leading the hunt, said: "Emaan may be 17 but she is not streetwise and she has never travelled alone before. She is not familiar with London and, to our knowledge, does not have any friends in the capital." |
| Members of the public who saw Emaan on Oxford Street last Monday, or who thinks they may have seen her since, have been asked to call 101 and quote reference Fami 5736/10JUN13. | Members of the public who saw Emaan on Oxford Street last Monday, or who thinks they may have seen her since, have been asked to call 101 and quote reference Fami 5736/10JUN13. |
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