Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Runaway Kids Chasing Acting Dreams Reach Safe Police Custody
Two teenagers wanted to become actors.
A 15-year-old girl from Assam left home without telling her parents.
She rode an express train from Guwahati to Mumbai and went looking for Film City.
When she could not find acting work, she asked the police for help.
Police called her mother and told her family she was safe.
A 16-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh did something very similar.
He told his parents he was going to school, but he took trains to Mumbai instead.
He dreamed of acting in a popular TV show called 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'.
A person saw him walking alone and informed the police.
Both children were kept safe by the Aarey police until their families could come for them.
A 15-year-old girl from Assam and a 16-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh — strangers to each other — ran away to Mumbai to pursue acting careers.
The girl left her Rathi Lokhojan village on August 4, boarded an express train at Guwahati, and got down at CSMT before heading to Film City.
After failing to find work, the girl approached the Aarey police station, who contacted her mother and informed her family, who are now traveling to Mumbai.
The boy from Chhindwara told his parents he was going to school but instead traveled via Nagpur to Mumbai Central and walked towards Film City on August 6.
Both minors ended up in the safe custody of the Aarey police before they could get into trouble.
The boy dreamed of working in the TV serial 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'.
- Who
- A 15-year-old girl from Assam and a 16-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh, both unknown to each other.
- What
- Both minors ran away from home to Mumbai to fulfil their acting ambitions and were taken into the safe custody of the Aarey police.
- When
- The girl left home on August 4, 2026; the boy traveled on August 6, 2026.
- Where
- Mumbai — the girl traveled from Guwahati to CSMT and Film City; the boy traveled from Chhindwara via Nagpur to Mumbai Central and Goregaon.
- Why
- The girl was determined to work in films, and the boy dreamed of working in the TV serial 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'.
- Number of runaways
- 2 minors
- Girl's age and origin
- 15, from Rathi Lokhojan village, Assam
- Boy's age and origin
- 16, from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh
- Girl's departure date
- August 4
- Boy's travel date
- August 6
- Destination
- Film City, Mumbai
- Police station involved
- Aarey police station
- Boy's ambition
- Working in 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'
- Girl's family
- Parents traveling to Mumbai to take her home