8-yr-old boy rescued; had left father’s home

Ludhiana: The ticket checking staff of a passenger train rescued an eight-year-old boy from Jan Shatabdi Express when it arrived at the city railway station here. Annoyed with his father's treatment during the lockdown period, the boy had boarded the Jan Shatabdi train to Ludhiana and reached the city railway station.
The child was safely handed over to his family members after investigation by the childline welfare team of Ludhiana railway station. Later, the boy was identified as Arman, a resident of Noor Basti of Saharanpur city of Uttar Pradesh.
During counselling, the minor told the childline care that, “After divorce of his parents, he was residing with his father but for the past few days, his father was treating him well and he couldn’t even listen to his demands, which forced him to leave his father’s home, and reached his maternal grandmother’s home. Meanwhile, I took the train to reach the city station.”
Kuldip Singh, coordinator, Childlin Care, Ludhiana, said on Saturday, they received an alert from a city resident on the helpline number 1098 about the boy. “During counselling, the boy revealed that his father had scolded him a few days ago. Upset over this, he boarded a train from Saharanpur railway station and reached Ludhiana railway station.” But during all this, the ticket checking staff of the city found him and took him to the Childline Care for further proceedings.
“A five member team of the Childline Care have been appointed at the city railway station that will look after the grievances of women passengers and make necessary arrangements for them. Apart from helping passengers, the childline service has already worked in the direction of taking care of all minor children who get separated from their family members while travelling in trains,” he said.
Childline India Foundation has partnered with Swami Ganga Nand Bhuriwale International Foundation, Dham Talwandi Khurd, for giving best possible service to all children,” he added.