Patna: A father’s tears of relief turned into an emotional reunion at Manjhi police station in Saran on Wednesday after police took his two young children into their care, following allegations they had been abandoned in an autorickshaw by their mother.Amit Singh rushed to the police station and held his two and three-year-old children close after they were found unattended at Ballia More in Manjhi. He alleged his wife had left home with jewellery worth around Rs 22 lakh and fled with another man.In his statement to police, Amit, son of Anil Singh and a resident of Pandeypur in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, said he had married six years ago in Nawada village under Raghunathpur police station limits in Siwan district.He alleged his wife left the children in the autorickshaw on Wednesday evening before leaving with a man with whom she was allegedly in a relationship. Police brought the children to the station, where their father arrived to take them home.Manjhi police station house officer (SHO) Vinod Kumar said, “Police have begun investigating the circumstances in which the children were left unattended. We are also examining Amit’s allegations regarding the jewellery and his wife’s departure.”Police said the allegations had not been independently verified. The woman’s account was not available, and investigators are examining the circumstances surrounding the incident.
