Rapped for marks runaway girlrsquos flight aborted

  • | Friday | 29th March, 2019

The girl’s parents are employed in private sector. In both cases of 2016 and 2018, police probe had revealed that a a closed user group on Facebook had lured the girls to travel to Mumbai. In the meanwhile, I got a call from control room about a missing girl from Para with similar attire,” he added. She rushed to the airport and began crying on seeing Parul with police at the airport. She told police that Parul sneaked away while she was busy talking to a relative at her residence.

LUCKNOW: Scolded by parents for scoring poor marks in her class 11 exams, a teen girl bought an online ticket to Mumbai and reached Amausi airport on Thursday to catch the flight.The minor was, however, intercepted by airline staff who noticed her suspicious behaviour and informed police.Sub-inspector (airport) Jag Prasad told TOI that he got a call from airline staff about a girl having an air ticket to Mumbai and looking suspicious.“I rushed with a lady constable to the airline counter and found the girl. We engaged her by offering her tea and biscuits. In the meanwhile, I got a call from control room about a missing girl from Para with similar attire,” he added. Police then informed the mother of the girl Parul (name changed). She rushed to the airport and began crying on seeing Parul with police at the airport. She told police that Parul sneaked away while she was busy talking to a relative at her residence. She admitted to have scolded her for scoring poor marks in two subjects in her exams.Parul told TOI that she had won Rs 5,000 in online game six months ago which she used to purchase an online air ticket via e-wallet. “I wanted to start earning and hence decided to go to Mumbai,” she told police.Parul told police that a Facebook friend gave her the idea to go to Mumbai to start earning.The girl’s mother further said that her husband rides 50 km daily to work for Parul’s better future. “We also shelled out Rs 2,000 for her coaching,” she claimed. The police also counselled the girl’s mother to not scold her even if she scores poor marks further.They also told the girl not to flee from home again as it involves a lot of risk and can even imperil her life. The girl’s parents are employed in private sector. The Sarojininagar police then handed over the girl to her parents.In 2016, a 14-year-old girl from Vikasnagar had fled to Mumbai after being scolded by her parents for scoring poorly in her final exams.In 2018 also, a 15-year-old girl from Indiranagar had fled from her home after being scolded by her parents. In both cases of 2016 and 2018, police probe had revealed that a a closed user group on Facebook had lured the girls to travel to Mumbai.

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