India, Feb. 13 -- The Thane police have reunited a 14-year-old girl who had gone missing on February 3 with her family. The girl had wanted to go to Prayagraj to visit the Kumbh mela but had boarded a train which took her to Santragachi near Kolkata, where a fellow passenger's family gave her shelter, said police. She was brought back to Mumbai on February 8 and handed over to her parents.

According to the police, the girl is a devotee of Lord Krishna and was desperate to attend the Kumbh mela. On February 3 morning, after her father dropped her off near her school, she proceeded to Thane railway station instead of attending classes and boarded a train for Panvel. At Panvel, she boarded the Pune-Santragachi Humsafar Express, assuming inc...