India, July 23 -- Three years after he ran away from home to skip attending school, 11-year-old Anis Khan was reunited with his family in Malwani on Tuesday by MIDC police.

After fleeing home in October 2023, when the minor was caught wandering unchaperoned at Juhu Chowpatty, Juhu police picked him up to question him about his whereabouts. The questioning was fruitless as the boy could neither furnish his parents' names nor where they lived. He did not reveal his own name either. Cops then launched extensive searches in the area. But unable to locate his parents, he was placed in the care of the Sneh Sadan Orphanage, in Andheri East, on October 21, 2023.

The minor however left from the orphanage two days later without informing anyone, ...