Ganeshchandra Agrahari, resident of Dindoi village in Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, filed a complaint with Sabarmati police station early this morning claiming that his son, Amit, had gone missing from Asaram ashram premises in Motera area yesterday afternoon.
The police lodged a complaint of kidnapping and started the search, Inspector G S Bariya said.
Agrahari's wife, Deepmala, and two sons had been staying at the ashram since the last few weeks. Deepmala's brother is a disciple at the ashram.
"When he was not found till late night, Agrahari lodged a complaint early in the morning. A sub-inspector of Railway police contacted us this afternoon saying that a boy with similar features had been found at Sabarmati railway station yesterday and the railway police sent him to children's home in Sola," inspector Bariya said.
That boy was found to be Amit, to a great relief of his parents.