Boy reunited with kin

Chandigarh, July 15

Parents of a 12-year-old boy were traced by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Chandigarh Police and he was reunited with the family.

The boy was staying at Snehalaya, a shelter home, and was unable to provide information about his parents and their address.

ASI Rishilal interacted with the boy earlier this month. However, the boy could share no information following which he was counselled twice. The police said the boy told them that his parents’ occupation was giving new cooking utensils to people in exchange of old clothes.

On July 12, ASI Rishilal proceeded on causal leave and while going to his native village in Haryana, the ASI saw people selling utensils in exchange of clothes at the Pipli bus stand. He interacted with those persons and inquired if they knew about the parents of the boy.

The police said those persons shared the information about the child on a WhatsApp group of the community which helped them in tracing the boy’s parents in Ludhiana. The police then contacted the boy’s parents and asked them to visit Chandigarh. The boy was reunited with his parents. — TNS