Police said the teen, a school drop-out, fled from her home in Hadapsar in Pune eight months ago and reached Dadar railway station, Mumbai, by train in search of work. In October 2020, 16-year-old Sakshi (name changed) took a train to Mumbai to escape poverty back at her home in Pune. Her father has passed away and her mother does odd jobs for a living while her brother is in college. Last week, local Shantinagar police team spotted her moving suspiciously and questioned her thinking her to be a boy. We then called the local police in Pune who traced her mother, who came here and took her daughter back,” said Bhavar.

Source: Indian Express July 05, 2021 21:40 UTC