Pune: A minor girl, who had fled her home in Khandwa region of Madhya Pradesh out of frustration, was found in Wakad area at Pimpri-Chinchwad on Tuesday morning. Her family was traced and contacted and finally, she was handed over to her relatives based in Pune city in just three hours by Wakad police.

The girl's father was identified as Rajesh Agrawal and her brother Prakhar Agrawal. The girl's relatives were identified as Rohit Lad and Tejaswini Dhomse-Sawai in Pune. The girl was handed over to these relatives by the Wakad police team.

According to police, a 21-year-old youth named Sopan Kisanrao Poul, a resident of Kalakhadak area in Wakad spotted the girl. He took the girl along with him and rushed to Wakad police station on Tuesday morning at around 11 am. Police Sub-Inspector V D Madke was on duty at the Wakad police station.

The girl was very frightened and was crying and pleading with police to return her to her parents. When police asked her how she landed in Pune, the girl told them that she was frustrated by sitting at home during the lockdown period. She decided to leave home and took Rs 5,000 from the house. She boarded a bus to Pune on November 21 evening at 7 pm and reached Pune the next day morning at 10 am.

Wakad police assured the girl of her safety and gathered contact details of her brother Prakhar Agrawal. When police called Prakhar on his mobile, they came to know that the Agrawal family had already reached the Mohat Road Police Station in Khandwa to lodge the missing report of the girl.

Later, Prakhar called up his relatives Rohit Lad and Tejaswini Dhomse-Sawai and asked them to reach Wakad police station as soon as possible. Rohit and Tejaswini reached the police station and identified the girl.

Senior Police Inspector Dr Vivek Muglikar said, "Investigations revealed that the girl had purchased a mobile with the money she had taken from home. Wakad police then summoned the shopkeeper from where the girl had purchased the mobile handset. The handset was returned to the shopkeeper and money was given back to the girl. The girl was handed over to the relatives at around 2 pm by Wakad police."