Missing Delhi brothers traced to relative's house in Rajasthan

Two minor brothers, who were reported to have gone missing from their home in south Delhi's R K Puram area, have been rescued from Bhilwara in Rajasthan where they had gone to meet their elder brother staying at maternal grandparents' house, police said today.

The father of the duo, aged 11 and 9, lodged a complaint at R K Puram police station in the morning of February 2 that they had gone missing the previous night, said Ishwar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).

Various teams were formed to trace the duo. It was found that two children with similar description were seen at Delhi Cantonment railway station on February 1.

"Records of the trains that pass through Delhi Cantonment railway station were checked and the family members were questioned about their relatives in Rajasthan.

"It was found that the maternal grandparents of the children stay in Vijay Nagar, Bhilwara, Rajasthan. A team was sent to Bhilwara in Rajasthan and both the children were traced yesterday," the police officer said.

The brothers told police that they had left home with just Rs 40. The duo had taken a bus till Delhi Cantonment railway station and from there boarded the Chetak Express and reached Bhilwara without ticket.

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