Lucknow: Two children who had gone missing from the house of a relative in Lucknow on Tuesday with plans of going to Mumbai were recovered safely by police from Shahjahanpur railway station.
The boys, aged 10 and 11 years, had come with their mother to a relative’s place in Nilmatha from Assam a few days ago.
The mother had complained at Sushant Golf City police station that her sons had gone missing. They were last seen playing outside the house in the evening.
“Five police teams were formed to search for the boys. We came to know that the boys had taken an autorickshaw to Lucknow railway station. Working on this information, and with help from Government Railway Police (GRP), we traced the train and the boys were safely recovered from it at Shahjahanpur railway station around 7am on Wednesday,” said DCP south Ravi Kumar.
The boys told police that they had taken Rs 2,000 from the house and were heading to Delhi.
“The boys said they were inspired by a relative who sells belts in Delhi to earn money. Their plan was to eventually move to Mumbai,” said the officer.