The parents of two Mumbai girls who were clueless about their children’s online interactions rushed to the police after the teens didn’t return home on June 27. The police traced the girls to Surat and brought them back. The families then learnt that the girls, aged 11 and 13, were being taken to Rajasthan by a 16-year-old boy from Jaipur for sightseeing. The boy and one of the girls are friends on Instagram.

The Santacruz police took the boy into custody for allegedly kidnapping the girls and sent him to a remand home.