Kids lost for seven months were rescued by RPF in Railway Station.
477 runaway children were rescued by the RPF from railway stations in Maharashtra. These kids were lost for seven months departed from their parents.
As per information shared by Central Railways, those rescued include 310 boys and 167 girls and were reunited with their guardians with the help of non-governmental organizations like Childline.
"Most of these children came to the railway stations without informing their families due to some fight or some family issues or in search of better life or glamour. They were found loitering on the platforms or near the railway stations by trained RPF personnel or sometimes in trains also. Many of the parents express their deep gratitude and thankfulness for this noble service of the Railways," read the statement.
These children were rescued over the period of January to July 2021 from Mumbai, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Pune, and Solapur divisions of Central Railways.
Central Railways shared an incident where a 17 year-old-girl of Patna, who had run away from her home to make a career in modeling and acting in Mumbai without informing anyone, was rescued.
In another incident, a 14 year-old-girl, who ran away from her home in Telangana after being scolded by her mother, was rescued.
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