Two boys who had gone missing from home in Chamba in Tehri district on Monday evening were recovered by the police in Rishikesh after the two had spent all their money and were considering returning home on Wednesday. They were handed back to their parents.
Mussoorie Road resident Aditya Bhatt and his classmate Guldi Road resident Aditya Sagar, both aged 13 years, had gone missing on Monday evening. They had said that they were going to a friend’s place to drop a book but did not return till late in the evening. Police teams and some members of the boys’ families search for the missing classmates in vain. On Wednesday at about 11 AM the police spotted the two boys at Bhadrikali, Rishikesh.
The boys told the police that after leaving their homes on Monday they had boarded a truck to reach Rishikesh. From Rishikesh, the boys went to Haridwar where they spent the night at the railway station. On Tuesday, the boys had exhausted the tuition money they had kept themselves instead of paying to the tutor. The two spent the night at the busy station and were spotted by the police on Wednesday while they were considering returning home. According to the Chamba police station in charge Devendra Singh Chauhan, the boys had been handed over to their families.
The boys claimed that they had run away from home as they feared a scolding from their family members for not doing well in the school examination.On Sunday, they retained Rs500 which was meant to be paid as fees to their tutor.