CHENNAI: Two 15-year-old boys from Rajasthan, who had been loitering at the Katpadi railway station in Tamil Nadu without food for a few days, were rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials on Saturday evening.According to an RPF official, the boys, who are orphans, came to Tamil Nadu in search of work. It was not clear which train they boarded and when they reached Katpadi. “They did not know Hindi and spoke a different dialect of Marwari. They had not eaten properly for days and we bought them food,” the official said. The boys were handed over to the Rural Self Employment and Educational Development Society (RSEEDS) on Sunday.The RPF team was conducting a combing operation called Operation Smile at the station to rescue runaway children when they saw the duo.Two 15-year-old boys from Rajasthan, who had been loitering at the Katpadi railway station in Tamil Nadu without food for a few days, were rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials on Saturday evening.
