Nagpur: Two Std IX classmates, around 14 and 15 years old, on Saturday allegedly married running after leaving the house with the pretext of study.
The police were on their toes because two kidnapping cases had been registered with various police stations.
The police have launched an intense search for tracing teenagers.
The police said the girl, 14, had left home on Saturday morning stating she went to her friend in Bharatwada to bring Marathi books.
When the girl did not go home, her family approached her friend.
They stunned to find that he had been to his friend’s place but did not take any book.
The girl hastily left from there stating that she had to visit the shop.
The family then approached friends and other relatives, but did not get a clue about the existence of the girl.
Furthermore, the tense family landed at Kalamna Police Station to register abduction violations.
The 15-year-old boy left home with the pretext of going to college class but did not return home.
His bicycle was tracked near the residence but the cellphone was turned off.
His parents approached the Pardi police station to file a complaint.
Kasing kidnapping was registered at the Pardi police station.
Meanwhile, the girl’s family and the boy learned from their friends who might have married because their friendship was stable.
Asst Pi Devaji Narote from Kalamna Police Station and the fire drawn Kote from the Pardi Police Station said that the search took place for teenagers in different locations, including the residence of their distant relatives.
Pediatric and teen psychiatrists Dr.
Shubadha Khirwadkar and Dr.
Comrakash Chandok said that such steps taken at a soft age were the impact of the influence of social media to a certain extent and due to hormone changes.
“This problem must be handled with awareness among teachers and parents,” said Dr.
Khirwadkar.
Dr.
Khirwadkar said that the prefrontal cortex that developed under the brain between mid-adolescent leads to immature decisions and impulsive.
Dr.
Chandok said that teenagers are a period of turbulence hormone that raises various behavioral patterns including appeal for the opposite gender.
“Social media and other media are multiple-eyed swords.
They can have a positive impact and encourage adolescents to take steps without the right understanding,” he said.