GREATER NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh Police traced the parents of a 10-year-old boy whom they had found with iron chains around his legs near Mangrauli underpass in Jewar.Initialy, the police went into a tizzy when the boy, Sadique, clad in a kurta-pajama and a skull cap, told them that he was kidnapped by some people in a truck from Palwal and was dumped in Jewar.However, further investigation revealed that the boy had fled from his house on his own. The police officials then traced his family after four-hour investigation and search.Rajpal Tomar, SHO Jewar police station, said that the boy was found alone near an underpass. Some locals spotted him and dialed 100. A PRV 1873 rushed to the spot after getting information. The boy told cops police that he belongs to Palwal in Haryana."The boy further said that two persons had kidnapped him from outside his home last night. He said on the way he was chained and later dumped in Jewar," Tomar said.The police officials contacted Palwal police and briefed the matter. The local police there could not corroborate the boy's statement. "There was no such location in Palwal stated by the victim as his residence. We again counselled the boy who informed that he had fled from his house in Jewar village," said police.A police team visited Jewar kasba and traced the boy's family.Sadique's father Munawar said that the family members had chained the boy since he frequently flees the house."In the past he had fled the house without informing family members. We had found him after several days," he said. The boy studies at a local madarsa.(Names have been changed to protect the identity of the minor boy)

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