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Parents Forget 8-Year-Old Child at Una Dhaba, Remain Unaware for 80 KM
- •A family of 21 devotees from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, was on a religious trip to Himachal Pradesh.
- •While traveling in a tempo traveler, the family accidentally left their 8-year-old child behind at a dhaba in the Una district.
- •When the child started crying, locals intervened and informed the local police about the incident.
- •Police used CCTV footage from Amb Chowk to track down the vehicle and contacted the driver.
- •The parents only realized the child was missing after traveling about 80 kilometers away.
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After having breakfast at a dhaba in Dhusada of Amb area in Una district, the family boarded a tempo traveler and drove away without realizing their eight-year-old son was still behind. The parents only discovered the child was missing after traveling about 80 kilometers and being contacted by the police.
After local residents informed the police about the crying child left alone at the dhaba, law enforcement officials scanned CCTV footage at Amb Chowk to identify the tempo traveler. Using the vehicle number, they contacted the owner and subsequently spoke with the driver on the phone to alert the parents.
A group of 21 devotees from Lucknow took a train to Jammu on September 30, visited Mata Vaishno Devi, and then traveled in a tempo traveler to various religious sites in Himachal Pradesh including Mata Jwalamukhi and Mata Chintpurni. While heading toward Mata Naina Devi, the child was inadvertently left behind at a dhaba in the Una district.
