Two constables attached to Bandra traffic chowkie rescued a teenage boy who had run away from his home in Beed after a minor disagreement with his aunt and reached Mumbai last week. The boy was reunited with his family on Monday and they returned to their village. The 16-year-old had boarded a Mumbai-bound train from Beed on October 20 and got down at Panvel. From there, he walked to Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL). Cops told mid-day that the teen was visibly tired and hungry.

Traffic Constables Nilesh Kadam and Sharad Kulal spotted the teen on October 22 sitting near the toll plaza on BWSL around 11 am. When they asked him where he wanted to go, he did not reply. “There was something unusual going on in his mind. We found him upset; we feared that he might end his life or get involved in crime, so we took the boy to our Bandra traffic chowkie and offered him water and food. He was very hungry,” a traffic police officer told mid-day.