Hyderabad:The Hayathnagar police on Friday traced three minor boys who had gone to Tirupati, triggering a missing complaint on January 8. According to the police, the three 13-year-olds had gone to Tirupati for leisure.
The mother of one of the minors had lodged a complaint with the police after her son did not return home from school on Wednesday.
According to the complaint, the minor left home to go to school at around 9 am, but did not return. In the evening, when the mother began to look for her son, she found his bag near a pond on the way to the school.
On asking locals, she found that around 1 pm, her son was seen stepping out of the school along with two other minors. After lodging a police complaint, the police used CCTV footage and technical clues to trace the trio.
The minors had taken a train from the Secunderabad station. They were found at the temple, police said. With the help of child welfare committee and police officials, the minors were brought back and handed over to their families.
