Last week, a local police team while patrolling spotted her moving suspiciously and questioned her thinking she was a boy. (Representational Image)A 16-year-old girl who ran away from her home in Pune last year due to poverty was staying in Bhiwandi disguised as a boy for eight months to earn a living, the police said. The Thane police reunited with her mother upon finding out that she was a runaway girl in disguise. Last week, a local police team while patrolling spotted her moving suspiciously and questioned her thinking she was a boy. We then called local police in Pune who traced her mother, who came here and took her daughter back,” said Bhavar.

Source: Indian Express July 05, 2021 12:11 UTC