Thiruvananthapuram: A widespread search is on for a 13-year-old Assamese girl who left home in Thiruvananthapuram Tuesday morning after an alleged altercation with her mother.
The girl, Tasmeen Begum, who speaks only Assamese had been living with her parents and two younger siblings at a rented house in Kazhakkoottam for a month.

"There are some clues so we have divided search teams. We just hope the child is safe," Deputy Commissioner of Police, B V Vijaya Bharath Reddy, told media persons around 10.30 pm.

Based on a suspicion that the girl might have boarded a train back to Assam, police teams searched at least two trains at the Palakkad Junction Railway Station, but in vain.

According to the police, the girl quarrelled with a younger sibling after 8 am when the parents were not home. The mother scolded her on returning home around 9.45 am and went back to work. The girl is understood to have left the house shortly afterwards. The girl took a bag and some clothes, the police said.

According to reports, the parents informed the police only around 4 pm. The police sought the help of a translator to interact with the girl's parents.