Lucknow: Two 11-year-old cousins who went missing from their school gate in Gujaini’s Jarauli area of Kanpur on Thursday were found safe at Bhopal Railway Station on Friday.
Abhinav and Nirmit, both Class 6 students, had reached the school by e-rickshaw on Thursday morning, according to police. Police investigation and CCTV footage indicated that the children had taken Rs 4,000 from a money box at home and packed clothes in their bags. 2 of Bhopal Railway Station, became suspicious when the children sought information about a train at the enquiry counter.
After getting off, they told other children they were going to buy some items but did not return. School authorities alerted their families, who lodged a missing-person report at Gujaini Police Station. They left through a road behind the school, changed out of their uniforms and reached Kanpur Central Station, from where they boarded a train to Bhopal. Devendra Kumar Tiwari, a ticket-checking employee posted at Platform No. Tiwari informed the Railway Protection Force in-charge in writing and requested that the children be handed over to Child Helpline. After being informed that the children were safe, their family members and Kanpur Police left for Bhopal to bring them back.