A reward of Rs 2 lakh for information. This was part of the Jharkhand police's move to bring home safely two siblings — Ansh Kumar (5) and Anshika Kumari (4).

These two siblings have been missing from Dhurwa since January 2, after they had gone to a grocery store.

"We have also increased the reward amount from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh for information about the two kids," SP (City) Paras Rana said.

Top police officers have held high-level meetings with Ranchi police to take stock of the probe so far.

The meeting was attended by child rights groups and activists, in which the police have appealed to them to activate their networks nationally to trace the children.

Alongside, after an all-India appeal was made from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (Jhalsa) has also sent letters to all the State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) of the country for help in searching for the two children.

Acting on the direction of a Judge of the Jharkhand High Court and executive chairman of Jhalsa, Justice S N Prasad, secretary Ranjana Asthana, requested the SLSAs to help look for the missing children through their district legal services authorities (DLSAs) and the para-legal volunteers who have a grassroots network.

The CID, Jharkhand, has also sent requests to all DGPs of the country for information if the children are found in their jurisdiction.

And yet, the police have no clue about the whereabouts of these two missing siblings.