A 13-year-old boy, a resident of Badlapur in Maharashtra"s Thane district, who was addicted to a social messaging mobile phone app, left his home and was later found in Goa, police said on Friday.

The boy was reunited with his parents on Wednesday, three days after he left home, they said. "The teen left his house on October 31, after informing his parents that he would be away for one year," assistant police inspector Sandesh More of Badlapur East police station said.