UP family drives 80 km before realising they left 8-year-old son at a dhaba in Una; what happened next?
PTC Web Desk: A breakfast halt during a religious trip in Himachal Pradesh turned into a few anxious hours for an eight-year-old boy, after his family drove off and left him sitting alone at a roadside dhaba. It took local residents, the Una police and some CCTV footage to bring the family back to him.
The family, who are from Uttar Pradesh, were visiting Shaktipeeths in Himachal Pradesh. On the way, they stopped at a dhaba in the Dhusara area of Amb in Una district for tea and breakfast. Once they were done, everyone climbed back into their Tempo Traveller and the journey resumed. Nobody seems to have noticed that the boy had stayed behind.
People at the dhaba soon saw the boy sitting by himself. When no one came back for him and he began to cry, they called the police.
A local resident said the family had stopped for tea and breakfast before leaving in the Tempo Traveller. He said the child was left behind, and when they saw him crying, they informed the police, which arrived quickly and got in touch with the family.
Cops scanned CCTV footage from Amb Chowk and other nearby spots, checking which vehicles had left the dhaba. The cameras picked up the Tempo Traveller.
From its registration number, the police reached the owner and then spoke to the driver over the phone. That call was how the family learned that their son was still at the dhaba.
By then, they had already covered around 80 km. They turned the vehicle around and drove back to collect him.
Amb DSP Anil Patiyal explained how the police traced them. Using the vehicle number, they first contacted the owner and then the driver. The family was told that their child had been left at the dhaba, after which they realised what had happened and returned for him.
After the required paperwork and legal formalities, the boy was handed over safely to his parents.
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