Missing Bengaluru boy found in Hyderabad, parents thank netizens

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A 12-year-old boy, who had gone missing from Whitefield after attending his coaching classes on January 21, was found in Hyderabad on Wednesday morning.

Parinav is a class 6 student at Deens Academy in Gunjur, and son of a citybased software engineer Sukesh.

The boy went missing after his father got a little late to pick him up from his tuition classes on Sunday. After the worried parents filed a missing complaint with the jurisdictional police, the cops collected and scanned footage of various CCTV cameras across the city.

One of the footages showed the boy boarding a BMTC bus from Marathahalli here.

The Bengaluru police had launched a massive hunt to trace the boy while the parents began searching for him at city railway stations and bus stations.

However, the next day, the boy could not be seen in any CCTV visual. Rreports of the boy were shared on social media platforms. Luckily on Wednesday morning, Parinav was found at Nampally Metro Station in Hyderabad.

A Bengaluru-based tourist, Vandana Menon, who was on a trip to Hyderabad, stumbled on the boy and alerted police officials.

In a photo shared by the woman, Parinav was seen standing at the metro station in Hyderabad, dressed in a yellow T-shirt, carrying a backpack.

The parents at once left for Hyderabad to bring their son back to the city.

Later, in a video message, As per police sources, the boy had Rs 100 with him and he had sold a few pens for Rs 100 each for his expenses.