Overview

• The boys, aged 9, 11 and 13, were found safe at Nashik railway station on Tuesday, four days after departing Delhi without parental consent.
• They had connected with a contact named Wahid via the Free Fire gaming platform, who falsely claimed he could arrange a meeting with Salman Khan.
• CCTV footage near Ajmeri Gate and analysis of the Sachkhand Express route guided Delhi Police and the Railway Protection Force to trace their journey.
• Brief mobile-tower activity helped pinpoint their location after their plan to reach Jalna and Mumbai was abandoned.
• Authorities have reunited the minors with their families and launched an inquiry into the online contact’s role in the incident.