Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)

Kundapur, Nov 7: Prajwal Poojary (15), who had gone missing after leaving home for school on November 4, has been found, thanks to WhatsApp posts.

Prajwal, son of Bhaskar Poojary from Abbigudde, Gulvady, Mavinakatte in the taluk, was found on Wednesday November 6 morning.

The boy is a tenth standard student of the government high school at Mavinakatte. He had left home at 8.45 on November 4 but had not reached school. Another student of the school had said that he had seen Prajwal at the new bus stand here on November 4 at 9.45 am.

Information along with photograph of the boy was widely circulated through social websites and WhatsApp. Prajwal had visited a hotel at Udupi seeking a job. The hotel owner identified him as he had gone through WhatsApp message. On Wednesday morning, the police brought him from Udupi and entrusted him to the care of his parents.

The boy told the police that he does not have interest in studies and that he wants to work.