Bengaluru: M K Poojitha who went missing on August 24 has been found in Hubballi on Sunday at her relative’s house. It is learnt that she panicked after teacher asked her to get parents’ signature on her answer script.

Poojitha, Class 8 student of a private school at Rajajinagar in Bengaluru, wanted to run away from house for her poor performance in Mathematics.

On Wednesday morning, she alighted from the school bus in which she regularly travels and went missing. On Wednesday afternoon, her mother went to pick her up and found that she had not attended class. The family members were informed and they looked for her in the houses of their relatives and friends, but in vain. They waited till late night and there was no trace of Pujitha. Her parents approached the Srirampura police and had registered a missing complaint.