Sign in

Pak teen who escaped J&K juvenile home found in Bathinda

The boy was spotted by employees when the train, which had arrived on Monday, was being loaded with fertilisers.

Updated on: Jan 31, 2018, 10:14:55 IST
Hindustan Times, Bathinda | By , BATHINDA
Share
Share via
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
Copy link
  • copy link

A 15-year-old Pakistani boy who escaped from a juvenile observation home in RS Pura in Jammu and Kashmir was found in a train on the National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) campus here on Tuesday morning.

HT Representative
HT Representative

He was spotted by employees when the train, which had arrived on Monday, was being loaded with fertilisers. SHO Shiv Chand said that the revealed that he had run away from the juvenile home, and after that the J&K police were contacted.

“We sent them photos of the boy through WhatsApp and they who identified him,” he said. The boy had entered India six months ago and was arrested; he escaped from the juvenile home on January 14. The SHO further said that a team of cops from RS Pura was headed for Bathinda and the boy will be handed over to them.