PARENTS' ACRIMONY and regular beating forced four children of two families to leave their hearth and home in search of a better living.
However they were spotted at Bharwari railway station, 40 kms from here, on Sunday night by alert GRP personnel who brought them on Monday morning to 'Childline' which takes care of such children and helps them in restoring to their parents.
This case signifies the growing tendency among children to leave their homes to evade the punishments being meted out at home and also to get rid of the tensions arising out of disputes between parents.
These children identified as Kishan, aged 8 years, Saurabh (10 years) and Maneesh (12 years) were accompanied by a 13-year-old lad Ismail.
Of the four children three are real brothers. While Kishan and Saurabh resided with their father, a shopkeeper, at Naini and the elder brother Maneesh stayed with their grandmother in Manda.
The differences between their father and mother made the lives of these hapless children a virtual hell. Their mother often left home owing to growing bickerings with her husband. Kids' father used to beat them in inebriated condition, although he was the one who actually raised them up.
"The broken home and physical abuse was enough for these innocent beings to leave their house. In fact they wanted to be with their mother who was in Vindhyachal at that time. But first Kishan and Saurabh decided to take their brother Maneesh along with them. So they started off to Manda and suprisingly they were not checked by any railway official on board the train although they were travelling without tickets," said Shagufta Naqvi, coordinator of Childline.
{{/usCountry}}"The broken home and physical abuse was enough for these innocent beings to leave their house. In fact they wanted to be with their mother who was in Vindhyachal at that time. But first Kishan and Saurabh decided to take their brother Maneesh along with them. So they started off to Manda and suprisingly they were not checked by any railway official on board the train although they were travelling without tickets," said Shagufta Naqvi, coordinator of Childline.
{{/usCountry}}After taking Maneesh, the trio decided to leave for Vindhyachal, but on the way they met another child Ismail at the Manda railway station. "Interestingly Ismail was facing the similar situation at home. He too had left his house as he was beaten by his father for bunking the classes. He forged a friendship with the trio and proposed them to accompany him to Delhi. Ismail assured to find a job for each one of them in Delhi," added Shagufta.
"It is all so evident that family disputes have such far-reaching effect on children. They could have been trapped by traffickers or could have indulged in petty crimes. However, the address of these children has been traced and parents are being contacted. They will return to their parents' home soon," said
Shagufta.