ꦗThe teenager left a note for his father before the disappearance, but was found after missing persons report was filed.
♑ A 17-year-old boy from Delhi's Rohini neigbourhood, unwilling to take his final exams, left home and travelled over 2,000 kilometres to work as a labourer at a construction site. He was found in a slum, an official said on Monday. According to the police, the missing report of the boy was filed on February 21 in Budh Vihar Police Station.
𝓰 "The boy was studying in 11th class in a reputed school at Connaught Place, and has no interest in studies," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vikram Singh disclosed. The officer further added, that as per the investigation, the boy did not want to give the final examination. On February 21, he left his house and sent a message to his father saying that he was leaving, and no one should search for him. From Delhi, the boy reached Bangalore and started working there.
꧟ After receiving information about the matter, teams were formed to search for the boy. Various sources were activated to know if his disappearance was a kidnapping. Later, a missing person report was registered. The DCP officer further said that the boy contacted a known person in Bangalore and reached there by train. The boy was recovered from the Krishnagiri area in Tamil Nadu (near the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border).
ꦍ "He started working (as a labourer at a construction site) near Tamil Nadu and Karnataka border. When the team found him, he was residing in a slum near the construction site," said the DCP.