Three children were reunited with their maternal uncle in Dohad, about 160 kms from here, with the efforts of an NGO, after they fled from their house to escape assault from their alcoholic father.
"Three children boarded the Ratlam-bound MEMU train from the Vadodara railway station on Monday evening," NGO Anandi Child Centre coordinator Seema Shah told PTI.
"They ran from their house after their father, a habitual drinker, threatened to thrash them. Their mother left the house, for Balvasa village in Madhya Pradesh, following a tiff with their father," she said.
Their father, who hailed from Charal village of Madhya Pradesh, had come here in search of work, Shah said, adding the family settled at Somatalav area.
A passenger in the train informed the Railway Police Force (RPF) at Dohad railway station about these children, who were travelling alone.
After failing to get satisfactory reply from the children, Assistant Police Sub Inspector Raja Ram at the station called me on Monday late night, Shah added.
Shah along with some workers of the centre rushed to the station and took their custody from the RPF.
The children were handed to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) yesterday.
During counselling, one of the child informed her that their maternal uncle stays in Rajpur village in Dohad tehsil, Shah said.
"After the NGO contacted the uncle, he yesterday came to Dohad. The children were handed over to the uncle by the CWC," she added.
