Tamil Nadu: Police trace three students who ran away from houses in Tirupur

COIMBATORE: The Palladam police have traced the three boys, who went missing from Arivozhi Nagar in their jurisdiction limits in Tirupur on Friday, to a commercial complex just 2km away from their residences on Sunday and handed them over to their parents. Police said the trio had run away from their houses as their parents used to scold them often.
A police officer said S Rathish, 14, R Manikandan, 13, and R Simon Prakash, 13, all residents of Arivozhi Nagar at Palladam, had gone to a nearby ground for playing on Friday. “When they didn’t return home by late in the evening, their parents launched a search for them in the nearby areas and at their relatives’ houses. As they failed to locate them after the search, which lasted till Sunday morning, they lodged a complaint with us.”
The Palladam police registered a missing person case and launched a probe. “During inquiry, we came to know the trio used to visit one of their friends’ house daily to refresh themselves and have food. They were sleeping on the terrace of a commercial complex that was located 2km away from Arivozhi Nagar. We picked them up from there and handed them over to their parents,” the officer said.
He said Rathish was a Class IX student of government higher secondary school at Dharapuram, while Manikandan, a Class VIII student and Simon, a Class IX student, were studying in the government higher secondary school at Udumalpet.