Four Ambernath school kids run away to Goa

THANE: Four school children, aged 14-15, who has gone missing after leaving for school from their homes in Ambernath on Monday, have been tracked down to Goa.

Police said they had gone without informing their parents and a team has been sent to search for them. Shivaji Nagar police registered a case under Indian Penal Code section 363 (kidnapping) against unknown persons.

An official said, "The children, residents of different localities in Ambernath but from the same school, left around 7am." The parents searched for them in Ambernath. Senior inspector Ashok Bhagat said, "When a student's parents went to school to check, they learnt that three other children had also not come to school."