Of the several thousands of people who land up in Mumbai, there were three boys, all of 13 years, who came to the city.u00a0On October 8, Prabhat Nautiyal, Sumit Chamoli and Rahul Joshi, left for school from their homes in a village in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. They had Rs 2,400 in cash with them, given by their parents to pay the school fees. But instead of going to school, the boys boarded a train to Bandra Terminus and came to the city on October 9.

Finding Prabhat: Prabhat’s uncle Shekhar Mishra shows his picture (inset). Pics/RonakK Savla