12 year old boy ran away with 100 rupees in his pocket, traveled to three cities

A 12-year-old boy, who went missing from Bengaluru on Sunday, was found in Hyderabad on Wednesday morning after an appeal was made on social media. He was found at a metro station. There is a distance of about 570 kilometers between the two metro cities. After the boy went missing, a lot of effort was made to find him.

The police kept trying to find Parinav, a class 6 student of Deans Academy, for three days, but he managed to escape from the police's sight. Whenever he was seen at one place and before the police reached there, he used to reach another place.

The boy was seen leaving a coaching center in Whitefield in Bengaluru around 11 am. After this, around 3 pm he was seen at a petrol pump near Yemlur. He was last seen getting off the bus at the Majestic Bus Terminus in Bengaluru the same day in the evening. This bus terminus connects the city to cities in Karnataka and outside the state.

The boy first went to Mysuru from Bengaluru and then reached Hyderabad via Chennai. He had 100 rupees. He had some Parker pens, some of which he sold for Rs. 100 each to meet his expenses. In one footage, he is clearly seen trying to sell pens to people.

Concerned that there was no news of the boy's whereabouts, his parents took to social media to ask for help in finding him. She shared a CCTV footage online and requested people's help in finding her child. In this footage the boy is seen walking on the road.

On this request, social media users tried to find him. The boy's mother had also posted a video urging him to return home.

Posters of the boy were shared a lot on social media. After this a passenger identified the boy in the metro. When he was asked his name, he confirmed his identity. He was stopped at Nampally Metro station in Hyderabad on Wednesday, three nights after he went missing.

Parinav's parents have been informed about his discovery and they are reaching Hyderabad. Parinav's father Sukesh is an engineer. He said he didn't know how he reached there.

Sukesh said, "I really want to thank all the strangers who helped us find my son. Had his picture not been spread everywhere, that person from Hyderabad would have ever stopped a boy and asked about him.

Parinav's mother also said that her son has been found in Hyderabad. He thanked those who helped the family find the boy. “He is safe and we are going to get him,” he said.