Uttar Pradesh teen flees home in Meerut to learn football in Goa, rescued

SURAT: A teenager who had escaped from his house in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to join a football academy in Goa was rescued by the government railway police (GRP) onboard Goa Sampark Kranti Express train on Saturday.
Police said the railway police force (RPF) had received information on Saturday that a boy had been kidnapped alert GRP which joined the search.
“We had the boy’s photograph and our teams were searching for him on different trains. We found him in the air-conditioner coach of the Goa-bound train between Vadodara and Surat railway stations,” said NM Talati, sub-inspector of the local crime branch of GRP.
When the boy was questioned, he told police that he had not been kidnapped but left his house as he wanted to join football training academy but his parents were against the wish. Since he was adamant to train in the sport, he left and boarded the train from Meerut.
“Our team made him talk to his father and as per his instructions, the boy was handed over to a relative living in Amroli area of Surat,” Talati added.
Meanwhile, the boy’s father too left Meerut for Surat to take him back home. The parents were aware that he had left the home and they had approached the local police before he was found onboard the train.