CHENNAI: Relatives of an 18-year-old girl accused the police of inaction on their complaint of a missing girl and protested outside the RK Nagar police station on Wednesday. The girl has been missing since April 30.

Latha, a cleanliness worker at a hospital and the mother of the missing girl, accused the police personnel of mistreating her.

"My daughter has been missing for weeks. We do not know whether she is alive. Whenever I go to the police station, policemen speak to me harshly. The police should conduct a proper investigation and find my daughter," she said.

Latha and her husband, a driver, lived in Tondiarpet's Vinoba Nagar. The girl went missing on April 30, and the family filed a police complaint after searching for her. Police registered a missing person case on May 1 and began the probe.

The family members approached the City Police Commissioner's office and submitted a petition seeking immediate action.

Police denied the allegations and stated that efforts were under way to trace the missing girl with cybercrime wing's help.