India, Feb. 14 -- Five school students from Assam's Dhemaji district, who went missing on Thursday, have been rescued from Silchar railway station, police said on Friday.

Superintendent of police (SP), Cachar, Numal Mahatta said that the five students were attempting to go to Mizoram with a plan to stay there.

"Two of them were carrying guitars while one is a cricket player. In the initial interrogations, they revealed that they wanted to stay in Aizawl to pursue a different career," Mahatta said.

The Dhemaji SP, Hitesh Chandra Roy on Friday told HT that the five students went out for school on Thursday morning, but they didn't go there.

"In the initial investigation, it was found that they went to Rangiya and boarded a Barak Valley-b...