( CNN ) -- There is no reason to believe a little girl spotted in India is Madeleine McCann , the British girl who has been missing for more than four years , a family spokesman said Thursday . Reports of the spotting of a girl bearing a resemblance to the child who disappeared while on vacation with her parents in Portugal sparked a frenzy on Twitter . But Clarence Mitchell , a spokesman for her parents , Kate and Gerry , said the latest reports were no more credible than other tips that proved incorrect over the years . `` They have learnt not to take these reports seriously , '' Mitchell said of the parents , adding : `` There is nothing to suggest that this is a breakthrough . '' He said he was not aware of any requests for DNA to match with the girl seen in Leh , northern India . A regional police chief in India said he knew nothing about the sighting , the report of which which seems to have originated in an Indian newspaper . `` We have not recovered any girl from Leh , '' said Abdul Gani Mir , deputy inspector general of police for central Kashmir and Leh . `` There is no question of carrying out DNA when you do n't have the girl . I checked and re-checked from my officers on ground in Leh and they have categorically told me they have not recovered the girl , '' Mir told CNN . Madeleine McCann was 4 years old when she disappeared from a condo at a resort in Portugal while her parents dined at a restaurant nearby . Journalist Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar contributed to this report .
Reports of a sighting of the missing girl spark an online frenzy . A spokesman for her family says there 's no reason to think this is a breakthrough . Police in India say they do not have a girl to test .