Srinagar : Police on Tuesday said that it handed over 2 minor boys to their families who intended to travel Punjab unaided.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Police said that Monday evening this week Police in Budgam intercepted 2 minor boys when found roaming near Bus Stand Budgam and were interested to hire a vehicle for TRC Srinagar, stating therein further that the said boys have been identified as Adil Farooq Cheechi and Waseem Ahmad, both residents of Gundi Kamal Kralgund Handwara.
A Police official confirmed that when officers spoke to them, it surfaced that both the minors had run away from their homes and arrived at Budgam Railway Station by train from Baramulla and they wanted to proceed towards Punjab.
“The police later on accordingly kept both the minors at a Children’s Home Budgam overnight and subsequently PS Kralgund Handwara was intimated and their parents were also called”, reads the police statement further.
In the concluding para of the above referred statement, police claimed that after fulfilling all legal formalities, the duo minors were handed over to their parents.
