14-year-old boy goes missing from home over not being allowed to keep fish

BENGALURU: A 14-year-old boy has been missing from home for the last four days after his parents didn’t allow him to keep fish. The parents are now in tears.

The missing boy is Kishore (13), a resident of Gowdanapalya, Uttarahalli. For the past four days, the parents have been searching day and night for their son. A missing person’s case has been registered at Subramanyapura police station. Despite searches by police and parents, there is still no clue of the boy.

Kishore had a desire to keep fish and, about 15 days ago, he brought home an aquarium. At that time, his father Nagendra scolded him not to waste money and hit him. Kishore then left home, but was found within a few hours. The parents counselled him not to leave home like that.

On July 27, while returning from school, he brought aquarium fish home again. Seeing this, his angry father Nagendra hit him and told him to go to tuition, saying that he had to leave for work.

But around 5 pm on that day, Kishore left home on his bicycle.When the son didn’t return even by 10 pm, the parents started worrying. They asked relatives, friends, and at school, but got no clue. After that, the boy’s mother Lakshmi filed a complaint with police.

Subramanyanagar police are also searching for Kishore, but even after four days, Kishore has not been found, leaving the parents anxious.