Patna, March 26 -- Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh - The UP police 'rescued' 16 youths who were walking from Varanasi to Samastipur along the railway tracks.
The youths were forced to take the long walk home after the lockdown was imposed and could not find any means of transport for their journey.
They were working in Calicut in Kerala and had managed to reach Jhansi by train just before the railways shut down services.
"From Jhansi, we took a lift from some trucks that were passing by and managed to reach Varanasi but for the onward journey, we have no option but to walk," one of the youths told the police.
The youths reached the Kuchman railway station when Superintendent of Police Hemant Kutiyal came to know and he rescued them. The youths...